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Large parts of the Herodian period quarry were unearthed in the excavations directed by Y. Zelinger and Rina Avner on behalf of the Israel Antiquities Authority in 1999–2003, prior to the construction of the building of the Menachem Begin Heritage Center at Ketef Hinnom. A report of this excavation is forthcoming in ‘Atiqot, the bulletin of the Israel Antiquities Authority.
A. Grossberg, “Cooking Pots with Holes Found in Jerusalem and the Customs of Haverim and Amei ha-Aretz,” in E. Baruch and A. Faust, eds., New Studies on Jerusalem, vol. 8 (2002), pp. 59–71 (Hebrew) (English summary on p. 11).
Dan Barag, “Brick Stamp-Impressions of the Legio X Fretensis,” Bonner Jahrbücher 167 (1967), pp. 244–267.
Rina Avner, “The Kathisma Church,” New Encyclopedia of Archaeological Excavations in the Holy Land 5 (2008), pp. 1831–1833.
This named church is the first on a list of 35 churches beginning in the western part of the city. Until our discovery of this hitherto unknown church at Ketef Hinnom, St. George’s Church was thought to be located far west of the city. That identification should now be reconsidered since the site of Ketef Hinnom is a much more suitable location for this church. Moreover the name of St. George, to whom the church was dedicated, is mentioned in one of the Greek inscriptions of the Byzantine period incised on the façades of burial caves in the nearby Hinnom Valley.
C.W.M. Van de Velde, Narrative of a Journey through Syria and Palestine in 1851 (London: Blackwood, 1854).
The excavations were directed by the author under the auspices of the Institute of Archaeology of Tel Aviv University and the Israel Exploration Society. The work was carried out with financial support from the Yad Hanadiv Foundation, the B’nai Brith Organization and several other institutions. The 1994 season was financed by a generous donation of the late Leon D. Weindling through the Jerusalem Foundation. The 1996 season was conducted as a salvage dig under the auspices of the British School of Archaeology in Jerusalem.
Both Pompey’s earlier camp and the siege wall of Titus are mentioned by Josephus. See Josephus, War 5.12 (504–507).
The name Ketef Hinnom, “the shoulder of Hinnom,” was coined by the author based on the geographic descriptions of Joshua 15:8, 18:15–16.
