Category Archives: Tell Halif

Fire at Tell Halif

Posted on June 7, 2014 by Tim Frank

After five years we’re excavating again at Tell Halif. It’s a small dig. But I hope we can learn more about the city that once stood on this hill. After three days of excavations there haven’t been any dramatic finds … Continue reading →

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Book on the Iron Age II cemetery at Tell Halif published

Posted on September 12, 2013 by Tim Frank

Book III in the Lahav series has just been published by Eisenbrauns. It is the final report on the cemetery to the South of Tell Halif. The tombs were hewn into the hillside opposite the tell and were used during … Continue reading →

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Picturing a kitchen from Ancient Judah

Posted on February 24, 2013 by Tim Frank

In the last post I provided a basic map of large artifacts as found in a room at Tell Halif. It gives us an idea of how the space may have been used, how different activities were carried out together … Continue reading →

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Organization of space in a Judahite house

Posted on February 11, 2013 by Tim Frank

In 2008 and 2009 we uncovered large parts of a room at Tell Halif with indications that food was processed there during the late Iron Age. I studied the room as part of my Master’s thesis. This required careful restoration … Continue reading →

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Virtual ancient worlds

Posted on October 6, 2012 by Tim Frank

Reconstructions of ancient space and life most clearly shape our imagination about different times and cultures. They are also most clearly shaped by our imagination. It is often that these reconstructions shape the narrative profoundly, our way of seeing the … Continue reading →

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Ovens at Khirbet Summeily

Posted on July 5, 2012 by Tim Frank

We found some bread ovens at Khirbet Summeily! I am pretty sure that they are tannur ovens. The bread was baked inside these ovens, slapped against the internal walls while red-hot embers glowed at the bottom of the oven. The … Continue reading →

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Jars and Jar Stands

Posted on April 1, 2012 by Tim Frank

Many of the jars from Ancient Israel have a rounded base. “How practical is that?” we may ask. Could they stand upright? We have to remember that many houses would have dirt floors, not smooth tile floors. It would have … Continue reading →

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The Ruins of Abu Hof

Posted on March 25, 2012 by Tim Frank

It is just a ruin now. The columns that once held the arching roof today lie flat on the bare limestone floor, thorns and thistles crowding around them. Limestone blocks form low walls that once stood firm and tall. Around … Continue reading →

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Horvat Rimmon

Posted on March 17, 2012 by Tim Frank

Horvat Rimmon, or Khirbet um-er-Rummamim in Arabic (“ruin of the mother of the pomegranate”) is a site approximately 1 km south of Tell Halif. It lies on a knoll with gentle valleys surrounding it and a wide ridge running off … Continue reading →

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Tell Halif and its biblical identity

Posted on March 10, 2012 by Tim Frank

Tell Halif is located in Southern Israel, where the Judean foothills (the Shephelah) and the Coastal Plain transition into the Negev desert. Not far from it rises the Hebron Ridge. From an environmental and geographic view, it really is at … Continue reading →

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