The Weizmann Institute’s Steve Weiner and Yotam Asscher developed an interactive pdf model of the excavations at Tell es-Safi’s Area A. Right-click here and select ‘save as’ to download the movable pdf, which can be opened with Adobe Acrobat reader and other pdf viewers.
On the Tell es-Safi/Gath web blog, excavation director Aren Maeir writes:
See the PDF file below which is a very cool 3D representation of the main section of the Area A excavations this year. This image was made by Steve and Yotam by taking several hundred photos of the area from various angles, and then “dumping” them into a cool program which “stitches” them together to create a quite astounding 3D, movable image of the area.
Open up the PDF file below and play around with it with your mouse – you can move the view of the area around in all directions! Pretty cool!
Click here to download the interactive 3D model of Area A.
Where Did the Philistines Come From?
Video Interview with Tell es-Safi/Gath’s Aren Maeir
Video: Philistine and Israelite Religion at Tell es-Safi/Gath
Maeir, Aren M. “Prize Find: Horned Altar from Tell es-Safi Hints at Philistine Origins.” Biblical Archaeology Review, Jan/Feb 2012, 35.
Ehrlich, Carl S., Maeir, Aren M. “Excavating Philistine Gath: Have We Found Goliath’s Hometown?.” Biblical Archaeology Review, Nov/Dec 2001, 22-27, 29-31.
Maeir, Aren M. “Did Captured Ark Afflict Philistines with E.D.?.” Biblical Archaeology Review, May/June 2008, 46-51.
Maeir, Aren M. “Archaeological Views: Is Biblical Archaeology Passé?” Biblical Archaeology Review, May/Jun 2007, 28.
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