Contention over the "Joshua's tomb"-site excavation

ARCHAEOLOGY AND POLITICS: 'First Deny Access, Then Call It State Land' | Israeli University Holds Archaeological Dig in West Bank Area Claimed to Be Palestinian. While Bar-Ilan University insists that the dig follows guidelines by the Civil Administration in Judea and Samaria, activist Bassem Tamimi says he has Jordanian documents proving his ownership over the land (Hagar Shezaf and Nir Hasson, Haaretz).

The Jerusalem Post had an article about this excavation a couple of weeks ago: First archaeological dig begins at site believed to be Joshua's tomb. Khirbet Tibnah is located on a hill in the southwest of the Samaria region, east of Shoham near Halamish. The site was populated from the Bronze Age until the beginning of the Ottoman period.

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