Precisely 75 years ago, on November 29^th,  1947, Prof. Eleazar Sukenik, the founder of our institute, purchased three scrolls that were discovered by Bedouins in Qumran, in the northern Judean Desert. Sukenik immediately realized the importance of the discovery and the dating of the scrolls to the days of the Second Temple. Additional scrolls were later purchased by his son, Prof. Yigael Yadin, and the site in Qumran was excavated by Father Roland de Vaux from the French School of Biblical and Archaeological Research.

The Institute of Archaeology is happy to announce that after three thematic issues, the Jerusalem Journal of Archeology (JJAR), published by the Institute of Archeology at the Hebrew University, addresses archaeology researchers with a call for its first eclectic issue!

JJAR is an academic journal that accepts articles dealing with all aspects of the archaeology of the Levant and the Ancient Near East, from the Lower Paleolithic to the present, and especially those that present original interdisciplinary research.

On December 1^st the Institute of Archaeology will be holding the yearly conference about the excavations of 2022. During the conference, the institute's researchers will present the excavations they carried out last summer and the progress in the research of the various sites (the lectures will be held in Hebrew).

Welcome to join!