Jerusalem, Israel/Palästina. Archäologie (be)trifft Schule – Ein deutsch-palästinensisches Geschichtsprojekt in Jerusalem als Bildungs- und Friedensarbeit

Palestinian Schoolgirls of the Schmidt’s Girls School in Jerusalem discover the history of their city together with archaeologists and historians from the German Protestant Institute of Archaeology in Jerusalem

The dating and provenance of glass artefacts excavated from the ancient city of Tall Zirā‛a, Jordan

The first deliberate manufacture of glass occurs in the sixteenth century BC, although the origin of the material is still a focus of debate; Egypt or Mesopotamia being the most likely innovator. The conventional approach is that glass technology first developed in Mesopotamia (Barag, 1970, p131-4; Moorey, 1994, p192; Shortland et al., 2017) and that the subsequent transfer to Egypt could be ascribed to tribute associated with the successful military campaigns in the Levant by the Egyptian king, Tuthmosis III (1479-1425 BC). Although there is textual and iconographic evidence for the production, supply and transport of glass between Egypt, its vassal Levantine states and Mesopotamia, it is very rare to find Egyptian glass in Mesopotamia or vice versa (Walton et al. 2009). The exceptions to date are two green glass rods found in Amarna, Egypt, which have trace element compositions consistent with Mesopotamian glass, and a collection of blue glass beads and a scarab recovered from a tomb in Gurob, Egypt, which also showed compositional consistency with glasses of known Mesopotamian origin (Varberg et al., 2016; Kemp, McDonald, A and Shortland, 2017; Kemp et al., 201

Jerusalem, Israel/Palästina: Die Ausgrabung im Museum der Erlöserkirche – ein trinationales Projekt

The excavation in the museum took place in the broader context of former GPIA excavations and projects at the Church of the Redeemer. In 2009–2012 the GPIA developed the excavation of the 1970s into an archaeological park called „Through the Ages“. The site was made accessible for visitors and the scientific findings were edited for tourists. In the cloister adjacent to the Church of the Redeemer and the Archaeological Park a museum completes the site. The aim of this research project is to explore the so far unknown medieval strata in the Muristan area. It focusses on the pre-Crusader und Crusader period that is until today basically only known through written sources

Jerusalem, Israel/Palästina: Bi-nationale Tagung „Quo vadis ‚Biblical Archaeology‘? Past, Present and Future of Archaeology in the Southern Levant“

The 50th anniversary of German-Israeli diplomatic relations provided an unique opportunity to reflect the history, the current state and the future of German and German-Israeli archaeology in Israel, in the context of the bilateral relations. The GPIA hosted an interdisciplinary German-Israeli workshop dedicated to graduate students working on various subjects in several disciplines that are connected to the Ancient Near East. The aim was not only an interdisciplinary exchange of scientific knowledge between different fields, but also to increase and encourage contact and discussion between young German and Israeli researchers working on different aspects of the Ancient Near East. The conference was held in Jerusalem at the Hebrew University and the German Protestant Institute (“Kaisersaal” adjacent to Church of Ascension and courtyard adjacent to Church of the Redeemer) and lasted for three days. 17 presentations were given in four sessions (German-Israeli Joint Ventures in the Past, Present and Future; With Bible and Trowel? Biblical Archaeology today and future perspectives; Sites after excavation – Restoration, Conservation and Presentation; Archaeology and its Methods in Dialogue with other Sciences)

Landscape Archaeology in the Wādī al-ʿArab Region

As an integral part of the Gadara-Region-Project, a survey of the Wādī al-‘Arab region was conducted during the years 2009-2012, by the Biblical-Archaeological Institute Wuppertal and the German Protestant Institute for Archaeology in order to achieve a better understanding of the hinterland of the main study site Tall Zirāʿa and to provide answers concerning settlement pattern, trade relationships and the importance of sites throughout time