Category Archives: Tell Halif

When a Roman wall becomes older

Posted on July 11, 2015 by Tim Frank

Last year I mentioned a Roman wall that was found on Tell Halif in square A8. After all it was immediately adjacent to a floor from the Roman period and was probably in use at the same time as that … Continue reading →

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Beauty among ashes

Posted on June 26, 2015 by Tim Frank

By now it is nothing unusual at Tell Halif to come down on floors with plenty of pottery remains. Only, this one was a few centimetres higher than we expected. We were quite excited when we found it, especially as … Continue reading →

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The floor continues still

Posted on June 15, 2015 by Tim Frank

Last year I was excited that the floor of the house we had excavated in 2009 continues from the western edge of Tell Halif east towards the centre of the tell. Of course we knew that a house could be … Continue reading →

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The bull of Tell Halif

Posted on June 10, 2015 by Tim Frank

Yesterday, we found a bull figurine during excavations at Tell Halif. To be exact it was just the head of a bull. It was probably attached to a vessel like a jar or a bowl, maybe as a decorative handle. … Continue reading →

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Tell Halif 2014 excavations – D6

Posted on August 16, 2014 by Tim Frank

As mentioned in previous blogs, in area D6 we mainly uncovered the continuation of the floor from D7 / E7. There was an area, where we only found few remains on the floor and then another concentration of pottery. After … Continue reading →

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Tell Halif 2014: Overview

Posted on July 28, 2014 by Tim Frank

In 2014 we only had a small crew at Tell Halif. Nevertheless we made some progress. Excavation proceeded in four squares. All excavation areas were again on the western side of the tell, where the slope falls steeply away to … Continue reading →

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Our floor continues

Posted on July 6, 2014 by Tim Frank

I still remember how we uncovered a floor covered with pottery and other objects in 2007. It was one of those special finds. In 2008 we uncovered the entire room. While excavating this room, we also noticed that there was … Continue reading →

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Carved in bone

Posted on July 2, 2014 by Tim Frank

Sometimes it’s the small finds at an archaeological excavation that capture the imagination. And they keep us going while we might be excavating areas that are otherwise not the interesting. I found this wee carved bone while sifting. It’s only … Continue reading →

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Romans at Tell Halif

Posted on June 21, 2014 by Tim Frank

For many years it was thought that during the Roman period there was not much activity on Tell Halif. Of course, we knew that they were there – after all the odd potsherd from the Roman period was found. But … Continue reading →

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Smite or be smitten

Posted on June 9, 2014 by Tim Frank

One of the pleasures of studying ancient peoples is that you can actually talk about people smiting others, because they actively smote back then and were not just smitten. Of course, mostly it was the powerful people, like pharaos, who … Continue reading →

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