Fascinating talks on topics of archaeology, history, anthropology, biblical narratives, and more.
Wednesdays at 19:00 | Included in the museum entrance fee | Program in Hebrew
“A Day in the Life”, lectures and experience – regular admission 50₪ | Museum Member 10₪ | ‘Yerushalmi’ 35₪ | Zoom will not be availble for this lecture scerese.
Participant in Zoom: 15 NIS | Free of charge for membership holders | Please see Zoom instructions here, Or call 02-5611066 (during working houers).
January – March 2023 | 19:00
Our winter program fetures three special lecture series:
“A Day in the Life” – explores the daily lives of men and women in ancient world – from a Crusader soldier to an ancient Egyptian queen, and many more. Each lecture is accompanied by an experience: creating a game board, making incense, etc. This lecture series is run in collaboration with the Israel Exploration Society. | “Excavating the 20th Century” – Archaeological research is constantly advancing and expanding its scope beyond the study of ancient artifacts, providing us with new perspectives on the 20th century. | “Spring Barrow” – A spring lecture series on new discoveries from recent excavations and archaeological research, in the best tradition of the Wednesday Evening Lectures at the BLMJ.
January 4 – A Day in the Life of Cleopatra, Dr. Ronit Palistrant Shaick
January 11 – Armenian Ceramics of Jerusalem: The First Hundred Years, Dr. Yana Tchekhanovets, BGU
January 18 – In the Footsteps of the Lost Settlement Points – Neve Ya’akov, Atarot and Their Part in the Story of Jewish Jerusalem, Dr. Yossi Spanier, Efrata College
January 25 – Archaeology of Brotherhood-in-Arms: The Archaeological Research of the Lamed-Heh Battle Hill, Dr Rafi Lewis, Ashkelon Academic College and the University of Haifa.
February 1 – Roman Villas: From Discovery to Imagination, The 20th Anniversary Memorial Lecture in Honor of Dr. Elie Borowski, the Museum Founder, Rona Evyasaf in collaboration with the Faculty of Architecture and Town Planning at the Technion
February 8 – A Day in the Life of a Child, Dr. Rona S. Avissar-Lewis
February 15 – An Open Book – An Exploration of Prayer Siddurs in the Land of Israel in Modern Times, Dr. Reuven Gafni, Kinneret Academic College.
February 22 – Bullet Casing: Archaeology of World War I in the Land of Israel, Assaf Peretz, Israel Antiquities Authority.
March 1 – A Day in the Life of a Second Temple Period Pilgrim, Prof. Ronny Reich.
March 8 – Purim – No Lecture
March 15 – Results of the First Season of Excavations at Tel Timnah in the Binyamin region, Dr. Dvir Raviv, Bar-Ilan University
March 22 – Archaeomagnetism: A Unique Tool for Dating and Tracing Ancient Destructions, Yoav Vaknin, Tel Aviv University and the Hebrew University of Jerusalem
March 29 – Afterlife: New Discoveries and Insights on Jewish Burial in the Second Temple Period, Dr. Omri Abadi, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem.
