Digging up the Bible ? The excavations at Tell deir Alla (1960-1967). Celte car sa vision d’un art

car sa vision d’un art tourné vers l’avenir

le 22 juin 1944

avait tout pour le séduire : le combat désespéré d’une humanité avide de renaissance

même des temps antiques

ensuite sur la dynamique impériale

Digging up the Bible ? The excavations at Tell deir Alla (1960-1967). Celte car sa vision d’un artThis 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