Digging up the Bible ? The excavations at Tell deir Alla (1960-1967). Celtique drawing on the scholarly world

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Digging up the Bible ? The excavations at Tell deir Alla (1960-1967). Celtique drawing on the scholarly worldThis 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