Daily Life in Bible Times:

What Archaeology Tells Us.

By Dr. Pamela Gaber, author, and Valerie Woelfel, illustrator

The Bible tells the story of Jesus overturning the tables of the money changers in Jerusalem. Archaeology helps us recreate what the Temple Mount looked like during the lifetime of Jesus.

How many journeys have been inspired by the curiosity of children? Daily Life in Bible Times: What archaeology Tells Us has been one of those journeys. The archaeology of the Holy Land has long fascinated people of all ages and many faiths. With each new discovery we understand a bit more about the lives of the people behind the Bible stories. For children the most exciting discoveries are those which give insight into the aspects of daily life that are important in the child's own world. If they lived in Bible times what would they eat? What did children do all day? What did people do after sunset in a time before electricity?

From the Bible we get hints of the lives of everyday people. We read about people farming or tending their sheep and goats. We learn that people planted grape vines and grew fruit and olive trees. From the Bible stories we learn that there were different roles people played, there were kings and warriors and servants. There were people who lived in great palaces and people who lived in small villages. But what did those villages look like? What tools did the farmers use? What weapons did the warriors fight with? What were the weapons and tools made of and how were they made? These are the kind of questions archaeology can answer.

As an archaeologist and religious educator, Dr. Pamela Gaber experienced how her young students responded with delight to her stories of archaeological excavations and the picture of ancient life that we can paint from that archaeology. Daily Life in Bible Times grew out of the insightful questions of these curious children. Illustrator and archaeologist Valerie Woelfel collaborated with Dr. Gaber in the creation of Daily Life in Bible Times. Between them, Val and Pam have over 50 years of experience in the field of archaeology, and both love to share with others their enthusiasm for archaeology and the stories of past lives it allows us to tell.

Every page of the book has full color photographs or artwork which vividly illustrate the informative text. There is something new to learn on each page. Daily Life in Bible Times was designed with both the family and the teacher in mind. Projects can easily be developed at home or in the classroom based on the book. The reading level is aimed at children around 9 years of age but many adults have been buying the book for themselves as well.

Do you want to know about life at the time of Moses, Solomon, King David and Jesus, or are you just curious about life in ancient times and how archaeologists work? Daily Life in Bible Times: What Archaeology Tells Us is the book that will start you on your own journey of expoloration.

During the Roman period water was brought to the cities through aquaducts. Water could be brought from many miles away through these structures. The horse and rider on this aquaduct give us an idea of it's great size.