Museum of the Pontifical Biblical Institute, Jerusalem

30/11/2021

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Father Bill was a regular sojourner in the Holy Land, for many years curator of the museum in Jerusalem’s Pontifical Biblical Institute and its archaeological collection. He passed away on November…

05/10/2021

Glad to read that the Star of Ghassul, from the excavations of the Pontifical Biblical Institute, is now on display at the Rockfeller Museum.

24/12/2019

“The life was the light of all people” John 1:4 The Jesuit community here in the Holy Land, and all of us at the Pontifical Biblical Institute in Jerusalem, would like to wish you all a…

09/12/2019

To mark the 90th anniversary of the beginning of excavations at Teleilat Ghassul, our Institute organised an anniversary lecture on Tuesday 3rd December 2019. The lecture, entitled The Legacy of Te…

19/08/2018

Visiting our mummy in the PBI Museum? Perhaps then this audio guide - from the 2016-2017 exhibition at the Israel Museum - will come in handy.

Planning a visit to see our mummy? Well, we don’t have our own audioguide, but know where to recommend one! Last year, our mummy was the protagonist of the exhibition A Mummy in Jerusalem hel…

24/12/2017

With best wishes for a merry Christmas - to all who celebrate - and a Happy New Year 2018!

With best wishes for a merry Christmas - to all who celebrate - and a Happy New Year 2018! (The Holy Family escaping to Egypt. Olive wood sculpture by Jack Issa Giacaman.)

26/11/2017

Something for our younger visitors ...

Today, I thought I should share something for our younger visitors. As you may imagine, they’re always fascinated by our mummy, and can hardly wait until we lift the cloth over the glass case…

24/11/2017

Our museum is more than just the mummy (much as he remains our star)! Most of the archaeological material comes from the site of Teleilat el Ghassul. But what led the Jesuit fathers of the Pontifical Biblical Institute to dig at this site back in 1929?

While most visitors come to see our mummy, the archaeological core of our collection is the material (and the archive) from Teleilat el-Ghassul. “Teleilat what?” I can hear you quite a …