Table of Contents

Preface: Purpose, Sources, and References
1: An Accidental Biblical archaeologist?
2: Pilgrims, Monks, and Digs
3: Amazing Discoveries
4: Exploring the Venerated House
5: Setting the Record Straight
6: Archaeology and Jesus' Nazareth

About the Author

Ken Dark is an archaeologist and historian principally researching the 1st millennium AD in Europe and the Middle East, and the relevance of the past to contemporary societies. He has a PhD from the University of Cambridge and taught at Oxford, Cambridge and Reading Universities before moving to Kings College London. He has also been a visiting Professor at the University of Navarra. He is the author of over 100 academic publications, has directed many excavations
and surveys, and is an elected Fellow of the Society of Antiquaries of London, the Society of Antiquaries of Scotland, the Royal Historical Society, and Royal Anthropological Institute.