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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 345

Tell eṣ-Ṣâfi

Prof. Aren M. Maeir at the Tell es Safi/Gath excavation, summer 2021. (courtesy)
July 7, 2023, 4:50 am
What Matters Now to archaeologist Aren Maeir: Indiana Jones’s new adventure
Working as a real archaeologist under the shadow of a Hollywood icon has been a mixed blessing for this actual prof, who explains how the field has evolved over the past 4 decades
By Amanda Borschel-Dan
An ancient gameboard from Tell es-Safi/Gath. (Maria Eniukhina/Tell es-Safi/Gath Archaeological Project)
June 8, 2022, 11:32 pm
At Goliath’s Gath, board games give relatable insight into daily lives of Canaanites
New research into the proliferation of senet, an Egyptian game, shows osmosis of dominant culture and local adaptation; game still played today in Sinai
By Amanda Borschel-Dan
Volunteers at the Tell es-Safi/Gath Archaeological Project, July 2018. (Amanda Borschel-Dan/Times of Israel)
July 26, 2019, 4:16 pm
Colossal ancient structures found at Gath may explain origin of story of Goliath
Newly unearthed, unusually large fortifications from the 11th century BCE could be the genesis of the biblical tall tale, says Tell es-Safi/Gath Archaeological Project director
By Amanda Borschel-Dan
Lion Black, left, and Shmuel Naky, right, pour beer and mead made with 3,000-year-old yeast that were brewed as part of an archaeological-microbiological study, on May 22, 2019. (Judah Ari Gross/Times of Israel)
May 22, 2019, 6:41 pm
It’s not what Goliath drank, but ancient yeast brews still bring giant flavor
‘Philistine’ beer made from 3,000-year-old strain found at Gath comes out fruity and tangy while mead, likely closer to its atavistic inspiration, begets a champagne-cider quaffer
By Judah Ari Gross
Illustrative: A skeleton of a donkey dating to the Early Bronze Age III (approximately 2700 BCE) found at the excavations of the biblical city Gath. (Tell es-Safi/Gath Archaeological Project)
May 16, 2018, 9:49 pm
Earliest evidence of bridle use found on 4,700-year-old donkey from Bible’s Gath
Teeth of beast of burden used in ritual burial from circa 2,700 BCE show wear that correlates to use of bit, predating arrival of horses to the region by hundreds of years
By Amanda Borschel-Dan
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