Israel Roll (1937 - June 2010) was an Israeli archaeologist and academic.
Israel Roll was the director of the Apollonia-Arsuf excavations and one of the directors of the Roman Temple dig at Kedesh. He completed his bachelor's degree at the Hebrew University in Jerusalem. His Ph.D. thesis on the cult of Mithras [1] is from the Sorbonne.
Roll was a leading authority on classical archaeology, specializing in the Roman road system in Judea and the adjacent provinces. The Roman Road Survey was directed and published by Roll, Benjamin Isaac and Moshe Fischer. The first publication describes the Legio - Scythopolis road. [2] The second publication, describing the Jaffa- Jerusalem roads, was published in 1996. [3]
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Israel Roll (1937 - June 2010) was an Israeli archaeologist and academic.
Israel Roll was the director of the Apollonia-Arsuf excavations and one of the directors of the Roman Temple dig at Kedesh. He completed his bachelor's degree at the Hebrew University in Jerusalem. His Ph.D. thesis on the cult of Mithras [1] is from the Sorbonne.
Roll was a leading authority on classical archaeology, specializing in the Roman road system in Judea and the adjacent provinces. The Roman Road Survey was directed and published by Roll, Benjamin Isaac and Moshe Fischer. The first publication describes the Legio - Scythopolis road. [2] The second publication, describing the Jaffa- Jerusalem roads, was published in 1996. [3]
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