Israel Roll (; 1937 - June 2010) was an Israeli

archaeologist Archaeology or archeology is the study of human activity through the recovery and analysis of material culture. The archaeological record consists of Artifact (archaeology), artifacts, architecture, biofact (archaeology), biofacts or ecofacts, ...

and

academic An academy (Attic Greek: Ἀκαδήμεια; Koine Greek Ἀκαδημία) is an institution of tertiary education. The name traces back to Plato's school of philosophy, founded approximately 386 BC at Akademia, a sanctuary of Athena, the go ...

Archaeology career

Israel Roll was the director of the Apollonia-Arsuf excavations and one of the directors of the Roman

Temple A temple (from the Latin ) is a place of worship, a building used for spiritual rituals and activities such as prayer and sacrifice. By convention, the specially built places of worship of some religions are commonly called "temples" in Engli ...

dig at

Kedesh Kedesh (alternate spellings: Qedesh, Cadesh, Cydessa) was an ancient Canaanite and later Israelite settlement in Upper Galilee, mentioned several times in the Hebrew Bible. Its remains are located in Tel Kedesh, northeast of the modern Kibbut ...

. He completed his bachelor's degree at the

Hebrew University The Hebrew University of Jerusalem (HUJI; ) is an Israeli public research university based in Jerusalem. Co-founded by Albert Einstein and Chaim Weizmann in July 1918, the public university officially opened on 1 April 1925. It is the second-ol ...

Jerusalem Jerusalem is a city in the Southern Levant, on a plateau in the Judaean Mountains between the Mediterranean Sea, Mediterranean and the Dead Sea. It is one of the List of oldest continuously inhabited cities, oldest cities in the world, and ...

. His Ph.D. thesis on the cult of

Mithras Mithraism, also known as the Mithraic mysteries or the Cult of Mithras, was a Roman Empire, Roman mystery religion focused on the god Mithras. Although inspired by Iranian peoples, Iranian worship of the Zoroastrian divinity (''yazata'') Mit ...

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. The second publication, describing the

Jaffa Jaffa (, ; , ), also called Japho, Joppa or Joppe in English, is an ancient Levantine Sea, Levantine port city which is part of Tel Aviv, Tel Aviv-Yafo, Israel, located in its southern part. The city sits atop a naturally elevated outcrop on ...

- Jerusalem roads, was published in 1996.Fischer, M. Isaac, B. and Roll, I. 1996. Roman roads in Judaea II: the Jaffa-Jerusalem roads. B.A.R. International Series

Published works

* Isaac B.H. and Roll, I. 1976. A Milestone of AD 69 from Judaea. Journal of Roman Studies 56. pp. 9–14. * Roll, I. 1978. The mysteries of Mithras in the Roman Orient: the problem of origin. Journal of Mithraic Studies Volume II. * Isaac B.H. and Roll, I. 1979. Legio II Traiana in Judaea. ZPE 33. pp. 149–156 * Roll, I. and Tal, O. Apollonia - Arsuf Final Reports I. Tel aviv. * Isaac, B.H. and Roll, I. 1982. Roman Roads in Judaea, I, The Scythopolis-Legio Road, Oxford, B.A.R. International Series. * Roll, I. 1983. The Roman Road System in Judaea. The Jerusalem Cathedra. * Fischer, L. M. Isaac, B. H. and Roll, I. 1996
Roman Roads in Judaea, II, The Jaffa - Jerusalem Roads
B.A.R. International Series, Oxford.

References

External links

* Moshe Fischer and Oren Tal
IN MEMORIAM: Israel Roll, (1937–2010)
''Tel Aviv'' 37 (2010), 139–140 {{DEFAULTSORT:Roll, Israel Israeli archaeologists Hebrew University of Jerusalem alumni University of Paris alumni Academic staff of Tel Aviv University 1937 births 2010 deaths