Digging up the Bible ? The excavations at Tell deir Alla (1960-1967). Histoire de l’art Le folklore japonais regorge d'étranges

Le folklore japonais regorge d'étranges créatures qui renvoient à un univers ancestral où les forces de la nature

left a lasting mark on the space of the northwestern Mediterranean

A disciple of Louis Robert

or their master

Digging up the Bible ? The excavations at Tell deir Alla (1960-1967). Histoire de l’art Le folklore japonais regorge d'étrangesThis is the account of a remarkable excavation. It started with a modest dig on an unremarkable tell in Jordan. The name of the tell does not occur in the Bible, and no ancient town of any importance was to be expected under the rubble. The excavator Henk Franken had not yet made a name for himself within the archaeological community. And yet, from 1960 onwards history was being (re)written at Tell Deir Alla. To discover the secrets of the tell, the