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The excavations of Jerusalem by Dame Kathleen Kenyon in the 1960s excited great interest, and the on-going study and publication continues to provide new insights and re-interpretations. This well-illustrated overview of the archive reconsiders many aspects of Jerusalem's long history, from the Bronze Age to the fifteenth century AD.

In this volume the principal focus is on the presence/absence of the city walls on the east side of the city from the Iron Age onwards. The evidence for major walls and their structure from Iron Age II to the Byzantine periods in Sites S.II and R.II is described and substantial revisions suggested, as inter alia no evidence for the tenth century/Solomonic date in Site S.II as suggested by E. Mazar was uncovered. The strategic reasons for the l...