Description
Book SynopsisThis is the first of a three-volume final report on the Tel Aviv–Heidelberg Renewed Excavations at Ramat Raḥel, 2005–2010. It presents the stratigraphy and architecture of the excavation areas, including portions of the palatial compound, the subterranean columbarium complex, and the Late Roman cemetery; site formation of the tell; twentieth-century fortifications at the site; and the ancient garden and its water installations.
Trade Review“The editors are to be commended for having published the stratigraphy and architecture of Ramat Raḥel, a hill site located at the outskirts of Jerusalem. The extensive list of loci at the end of this volume is exemplary for the admirable work the team has deployed to understand the complex history of building and rebuilding.”
—Lucas Petit Bibliotheca Orientalis
Table of ContentsPublications by the Ramat Raḥel Expedition
PREFACE
Oded Lipschits, Manfred Oeming and Yuval Gadot
PART I: INTRODUCTION
CHAPTER 1 STRATEGIC LOCATION AND NATURAL SURROUNDINGS
Oded Lipschits, Yuval Gadot and Manfred Oeming
CHAPTER 2 THE ANCIENT NAME OF THE SITE
Oded Lipschits and Nadav Na’aman
CHAPTER 3 HISTORY OF RESEARCH
Oded Lipschits, Yuval Gadot and Manfred Oeming
CHAPTER 4 THE RENEWED EXCAVATIONS OF THE TEL AVIV–HEIDELBERG EXPEDITION
Yuval Gadot, Liora Freud, Manfred Oeming and Oded Lipschits
PART II: AREA REPORTS
CHAPTER 5 AREAS A1, B1 AND B3 WITH AN EMPHASIS ON THE CEMETERY
Keren Ras
CHAPTER 6 AREA B2
Boaz Gross
CHAPTER 7 AREA C1
Nitsan Shalom and Boaz Gross
CHAPTER 8 AREA C2
Assaf Kleiman
CHAPTER 9 AREA D1
Efrat Bocher and Lisa Yehuda
CHAPTER 10 AREA D2
Shatil Emmanuilov
CHAPTER 11 AREA D3: COURTYARD 380, THE INNER GATE AND BUILDING 468
Ido Koch
CHAPTER 12 AREA D4
Omer Sergi
CHAPTER 13 AREA D6
Ido Koch and Nirit Kedem
CHAPTER 14 SURVEY AND EXCAVATIONS OF SUBTERRANEAN FEATURES BETWEEN AREAS D6 AND C1
Uri Davidovich and Roi Porat
CHAPTER 15 AREA UG7: THE SOUTHERN COLUMBARIUM
Uri Davidovich
CHAPTER 16 AREA T: SURVEY AND EXCAVATIONS ON THE WESTERN SLOPE
Uri Davidovich and Naomi Porat
PART III: SYNTHESIS
CHAPTER 17 SITE FORMATION AT RAMAT RAḤEL: THE NATURAL TOPOGRAPHY AND CHANGES MADE DURING ITS HISTORY
Nirit Kedem, Yuval Gadot and Oded Lipschits
CHAPTER 18 THE ANCIENT GARDEN AND ITS WATER INSTALLATIONS
Boaz Gross, Yuval Gadot and Oded Lipschits
CHAPTER 19 TWENTIETH CENTURY FORTIFICATIONS
Efrat Bocher
CHAPTER 20 DECONSTRUCTION AND RECONSTRUCTION: REEVALUATING THE FIVE EXPEDITIONS TO RAMAT RAḤEL
Oded Lipschits, Yuval Gadot and Manfred Oeming
LIST OF LOCI
