Eugenia L. Nitowski
Eugenia L. Nitowski, Ph.D., was the excavator of the first rolling-stone tomb found east of the Jordan River at the ancient site of Tell Hesban. She specializes in Byzantine and Early Islamic archeology.
Articles by Eugenia L. Nitowski
Discovering the "Secrets" of Early Church Lamps
November 1977
THE EARLY Christian church of Syria-Palestine was in many ways a secret society, largely because it had to compete for adherents with the flourishing Eastern mystery cults. Its secretive nature and its elaborate and some times exotic…
Reconstructing the Tomb of Christ
April 1981
The correct site and reconstruction of the original structure of the tomb of Christ have been a controversial subject that has tantalized scholars since the late 1800s. The substructures of the Holy Sepulcher in Jerusalem were viewed for…