Description:
This is the first of a three-volume final report on the Tel Aviv-Heidelberg Renewed Excavations at Ramat Raḥel, 2005-2010. It presents the stratigraphy and architecture of the excavation areas, including portions of the palatial compound, the subterranean columbarium complex, and the Late Roman cemetery; site formation of the tell; twentieth-century fortifications at the site; and the ancient garden and its water installations.
Brief description: Oded Lipschits is Director of the Sonia and Marco Nadler Institute of Archaeology of Tel Aviv University.
Review Quotes:
"The editors are to be commended for having published the stratigraphy and architecture of Ramat Raḥel, a hill site located at the outskirts of Jerusalem. The extensive list of loci at the end of this volume is exemplary for the admirable work the team has deployed to understand the complex history of building and rebuilding."
--Lucas Petit Bibliotheca Orientalis