Excavating Tel Kedesh.

The article discusses the excavation of the Tel Kedesh mound in the Upper Galilee region in Israel. The authors trace the history of Tel Kedesh from the Early Bronze Age through the Arab-Israeli War and discuss their excavation of the site beginning in 1997 with an interruption from 2001-2005 due to the Second Intifada of Palestinian-Israeli violence. Specific topics include the discovery of amphoriskoi and bullae at the site in 1999, the discovery of intact Hellenstic pottery at the site, and the discovery of a c. 500 B.C. building known as the Persian-Hellenistic Administrative Building, and the discovery of a mnaieion, or solid gold coin, from the rule of Ptolemy V of Egypt. INSET: Artifacts of Administration.