Archaeology of pilgrimage. Byzantine Jerusalem and Israel. Yana Tchekhanovets

Today touristic business is a huge, rich industry involving a lot of people and branches: logistic, food supply and housing. Incredibly but in the 5th and 6th centuries it was almost the same. Yana Tchekhanovets one of the archeologists who opens for us the world of pilgrimage on the Holy Land of Byzantine period. She has been excavating in Jerusalem and other Israel archeological sites for many years. Dr. Yana Tchekhanovets - senior lecturer at the Department of Archaeology at the Ben Gurion University of the Negev, director of Nessana Expedition. The channel exists on private donations. Support us Contact us