The Excavations of the German Protestant Institute of Archaeology (GPIA) on Mount Zion in Jerusalem (2015 and 2023)During our excavations, several city walls were identified on Mount Zion and their stratigraphic classification was investigated. The chronological determination was supplemented by numerous 14C and OSL analyses.
See also, Archäologie in Jerusalem: Die Ausgrabungen des Deutschen Evangelischen Instituts für Altertumswissenschaft des Heiligen Landes zwischen 2009 und 2023 (De Gruyter, 2025).
[I have corrected the link to the book, which currently leads to the article alone. - JRD]
By Dieter Vieweger
Director of the German Protestant Institute of Archaeology
Jerusalem and Amman
September 2024
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