Giv‘at Barne‘a

In January 2012, a salvage excavation was conducted c. 1 km northwest of Giv‘at Barne‘a on the border between Israel and Egypt (Permit No. A-6385; map ref. 152269/507427; Fig. 1), prior to the construction of a new border fence and patrol road in the framework of Project Hourglass. The excavation, undertaken on behalf of the Israel Antiquities Authority and funded by the Israeli Ministry of Defense, was directed by E. Aladjem and J. Vardi (photography), with the assistance of Y. Alamor (administration), S. Gal (GIS), Y. Roskin (geomorphology), O. Dubovsky (flint drawing) and D. Varga (scientific guidance).