Biblical Archaeology Review magazine March / April 1997 Subterranean Metropolis

March / April 1997

ARCHAEOLOGY SCIENCE EXPLORE EXPLORER EXPLORING ARCHAEOLOGIST DIG DIGGER DIGGING MUMMY SEARCH TOMB RAIDER HISTORY HISTORIES RESEARCH RESEARCHER RESEARCHERS RESEARCHS RESEARCHES MARCH/APRIL 1397 VOL 23 NO 2 Review Underground Metropolis— The Subterranean World of Maresha 24 Amos Kloner Beneath the quiet streets of an elegant Hellenistic city, archaeologists have discovered the remains of a bustling factory town. Inside hundreds of subter- ranean caverns and tunnels at Maresha, workers once manufactured olive oil, raised pigeons and stabled horses. Today, restorers are rushing to return the site—now a national park—to its ancient splendor. Fake! The Many Facets of the Forger's Art 36 Gusta Lehrer-Jacobson For as long as people have been Grafting beautiful and valuable objects, others have been busy creating forgeries of those same objects. This guide through the nefarious but highly inventive world of fakes highlights the many techniques favored by forgers—and the equally inventive tools used to unmask them. A sidebar explains how forgers unintentionally reduce site looting, and warns those unfamiliar with the ways of the forgers to beware of the antiquities market. Defusing Pseudo-Scholarship: The Siloam Inscription Ain't Hasmonean 41 Jo Ann Hackett, Frank Moore Cross, P. Kyle McCarter, Jr., Ada Yardeni, Andre Lemaire, Esther Eshel, Avi Hurvitz Two British scholars recently caused an academic ruckus when they argued that the famous Siloam Inscription—carved in a tunnel beneath Jerusalem to commemorate the completion of the tunnel thought to have been dug by King Hezekiah (727-698 B.C.) to bring water into the city during an ancienr siege—may actually date 500 years later. If the British scholars are right, not only the date of the tunnel is thrown into question: so are the dates of many other important inscriptions pegged to the tunnel text. We asked a panel of the world's leading epigraphists to evaluate the new claim, and the verdict is unanimous: It won't hold water. Gaza Report: Nascent Palestinian Authority Tackles a New Dig 52 Threatened by real estate development, rivers of sand and outbursts of resentment, an historic Franco-Palestinian excavation explores the gateway to Egypt for thousands of years. New Orleans Gumbo: Plenty of Spice at Annual Meeting 54 Hershel Shanks Scholars ponder BAR'S commercialism; Biblical "minimalists" speak out; archaeology's publication problems; and a princely award—this (plus some secret ingredients) is the recipe of our yearly report on the Annual Meeting. 24 Pachyderm parade

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