Name of Object:

Photograph of Tell el-Hesi diggers

Location:

London, United Kingdom

Holding Institution:

The Palestine Exploration Fund (PEF)

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Date of Object:

1892–94

Inventory Number:

PEF-P-112

Provenance:

?

Description:

Some members of F.J. Bliss’ workforce at Tell el-Hesi. What is most noteworthy here is that in the period up to 1938 men, women, and children all worked together on excavations.

Type of Object

Photograph

Citation of this web page:

"Photograph of Tell el-Hesi diggers" in "Sharing History", Museum With No Frontiers, 2026.
https://sharinghistory.museumwnf.org/database_item.php?id=object;AWE;uk;87;en

MWNF Working Number: UK 087