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Garstang, John

With the establishment of the British Mandate came the ‘golden era’ of archaeology. John Garstang was the founder of the Antiquities Department of the British government in Palestine, and of the British School of Archaeology in Jerusalem. He acknowledged and proved the historical significance of the City of David and the great compassion felt to it by the public. It was already then realized that such an important site could not be studied by a single archaeologist. Therefore, the Antiquities Department invited foreign schools of archaeology to dig in the City of David.

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