Israeli archaeologist gives a talk on Kursi excavations at NCKU
Tainan, Taiwan, April 15, 2016
Dr. Haim Cohen, a Research Fellow at Leon Recanati Institute for Maritime Studies at Haifa University, Israel, was invited by the Institute of Archaeology at National Cheng Kung University (NCKU) to give a talk, “From tradition to discovery: Stories of the Avery-Tsui Kursi Beach excavations,” on April 14.
In his talk, Cohen talked about the lineage between the Jewish in Israel as a chronological partner to China. “Those two nations are both very old and when the Chinese are digging their past, when they look back in time, they don’t see anyone else except for the Jews,” he said.
Cohen whose expertise is in Israel’s archaeology, history, geography and culture, introduced to the students the archaeological method of Israel. According to him, Israel is one of the earliest places where archaeology was taking place.
Cohen and his team discovered an inscription in Hebrew engraved on a marble slab, dating back ca. 1,600 years.
According to Cohen, It’s one of the oldest and most complete inscription ever found in the land of Israel.
“It is the first time ever this type of marble was found. It was found on the floor facing Jerusalem,” he added.
No similar artifact has ever been found before in Israel, Cohen noted, and the finding confirms for the first time that the ancient settlement at the site was Jewish.
He also pointed out the possible connection between Judeo-Christian and the slab.
Cohen is passionate about his own native culture and he said it’s the innate driving force that led him to be an archaeologist. “I was working in a bank and then one day I had out-of-body experience telling me that this is not the way I want to get old. I want to go back to my dream becoming an archaeologist.”
When he was 36, Cohen quit his job as a senior baker and he started everything from scratch.
He said, the most interesting thing about doing excavation is that “you yourself write a page of history, it’s nothing about ego, it’s like giving a birth to a baby.”
Cohen proudly told his audience, “I belong to a very special people, the Jewish people. We call ourselves the people of eternity.”
“We have a saying in our language, ‘people of eternity are not afraid of long trip,’” he continued.
Talking to archaeology students in NCKU, Cohen said, “Archaeology is hard work. It’s not fun. It’s very demanding and low payment. But you can make a difference!”
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Dr. Haim Cohen, a Research Fellow at Leon Recanati Institute for Maritime Studies at Haifa University, Israel, was invited by the Institute of Archaeology at National Cheng Kung University (NCKU) to give a talk, “From tradition to discovery: Stories of the Avery-Tsui Kursi Beach excavations,” on April 14.
In his talk, Cohen talked about the lineage between the Jewish in Israel as a chronological partner to China. “Those two nations are both very old and when the Chinese are digging their past, when they look back in time, they don’t see anyone else except for the Jews,” he said.
Cohen whose expertise is in Israel’s archaeology, history, geography and culture, introduced to the students the archaeological method of Israel. According to him, Israel is one of the earliest places where archaeology was taking place.
Cohen and his team discovered an inscription in Hebrew engraved on a marble slab, dating back ca. 1,600 years.
According to Cohen, It’s one of the oldest and most complete inscription ever found in the land of Israel.
“It is the first time ever this type of marble was found. It was found on the floor facing Jerusalem,” he added.
No similar artifact has ever been found before in Israel, Cohen noted, and the finding confirms for the first time that the ancient settlement at the site was Jewish.
He also pointed out the possible connection between Judeo-Christian and the slab.
Cohen is passionate about his own native culture and he said it’s the innate driving force that led him to be an archaeologist. “I was working in a bank and then one day I had out-of-body experience telling me that this is not the way I want to get old. I want to go back to my dream becoming an archaeologist.”
When he was 36, Cohen quit his job as a senior baker and he started everything from scratch.
He said, the most interesting thing about doing excavation is that “you yourself write a page of history, it’s nothing about ego, it’s like giving a birth to a baby.”
Cohen proudly told his audience, “I belong to a very special people, the Jewish people. We call ourselves the people of eternity.”
“We have a saying in our language, ‘people of eternity are not afraid of long trip,’” he continued.
Talking to archaeology students in NCKU, Cohen said, “Archaeology is hard work. It’s not fun. It’s very demanding and low payment. But you can make a difference!”
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