EXHIBITION: THE IMPRESSIONS OF A 19-YEAR-OLD FRENCH IN JERUSALEM IN 1864

Left: Porte des Lions, Jerusalem, 1865 (photo : EBAF) From 11 to 18 September 2023, we showed 22 photographs from our collection at the Atrium […]

VINCENT LEMIRE: “JERUSALEM IS THE TOUGHEST TRAINING GROUND I’VE EVER BEEN ON”

The relationship between Jerusalem and Vincent Lemire has been going on since 1995, but this summer it took a special turn as his term as […]

HEBRON: NEWS OF THE FRENCH-PALESTINIANS EXCAVATIONS AT RAMAT AL-KHALIL

Our friend Vincent Michel, professor of archaeology at the University of Poitiers, sends us a summary of the excavation campaign at Ramat al-Khalil (Mambré Oak) […]

NO LET-UP FOR THIS YEAR’S MAJOR PROJECT !

As we reported last winter, major works have been taking place throughout the year in the campus’ main student residence. Not everything is finished, but […]

JORDAN: 100,000 SHARDS AND AN ARAMEAN OSTRACON

In the 1989 brochure of the Institut Français d’archéologie du Proche-Orient, the excavations at Khirbet Es-Samra are introduced as follows: “The research programme was carried […]

THE ÉCOLE BIBLIQUE IN THE MORBIHAN

Every summer for the past 70 years, the parish of Carnac has been organising cultural and religious activities for the many summer visitors from the […]

ARCHAEOLOGICAL NEWS FROM GAZA

Once again, the Gaza Strip is making headlines when it comes to archaeology. Thanks to the construction of a major housing program, a contemporary Roman […]

VISUAL IDENTITY: EVOLUTION WITHOUT REVOLUTION

Two websites in one: the new digital face of the École Biblique and the Convent of Saint-Etienne in Jerusalem. Until now, you’ve had to navigate […]