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The Shalem Center's Department of Archaeology conducted excavations and other field research in Jerusalem and other areas of Israel, as well as original research synthesizing and reinterpreting findings of digs carried out elsewhere. Archaeology department excavations focused on the area described in biblical sources as the palace of the kings of Israel.
Projects
City of David Excavations Jerusalem Walls Project
Faculty and Scholars during 2004-2008:
Eilat Mazar, Senior Fellow Joshua Schwartz, Senior Fellow
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Prominent biblical archaeologist and Shalem Center senior fellow Eilat Mazar (left) with Professor Nahman Avigad z"l, Israel Prize Laureate for archaeology.
Part of the City of David excavation in Jerusalem.
A clay seal impression bearing the name of Yehuchal ben Shelemiah, a prince in the court of King Zedekiah (7th century B.C.E.), mentioned in the book of Jeremiah.
City of David Excavation 2005, Visitors Center Area, looking east (photo by Itzhak Harari)