Palestine Exploration Fund
The Palestine Exploration Fund is a scientific organization for exploring the Levant , based in London .
The Palestine Exploration Fund (PEF) was founded in 1865 by British Bible archaeologists (including George Grove ). The purpose of the PEF is to promote research into the archeology, history, culture, topography and geology of Palestine and the entire Levant. Cartographic and archaeological expeditions to Palestine were carried out on behalf of the PEF from 1867. Horatio Herbert Kitchener , Charles Warren , Leonard Woolley , William Flinders Petrie , Edward Henry Palmer , Claude Reignier Conder and TE Lawrence traveled to the Middle East on behalf of the find . The Palestine Exploration Fund was so instrumental in exploring this area. The data collected by the later Minister of War Kitchener on the topography and on the local flora and fauna of the country were published in the works The Survey of Western Palestine and The Survey of Eastern Palestine .
Expeditions:
- Jerusalem (1867–1870) by Charles Warren and Sergeant Henry Birtles
- Western Palestine (1871–1878) by Claude R. Conder and Horatio H. Kitchener
- Tell el-Hesi (1890-1893) under Sir William Flinders Petrie and Frederick J. Bliss
- Zin Archaeological Survey (1913–1914) by Sir Leonard Woolley and Lawrence of Arabia
In the early years mainly officers of the British Army were commissioned to carry out the expeditions. The 1913 expedition to northern Sinai also served to gather information for the British secret service before the First World War . In January 1914, Lawrence of Arabia joined this expedition.
Today, publications on the cartographic and archaeological exploration of the area are published regularly. The Palestine Exploration Quarterly appears three times a year .
Publications
- Our work in Palestine; being an account of the different expeditions sent out to the Holy Land by the Committee of the Palestine Exploration Fund since the establishment of the Fund in 1865. Adam Stevenson and Co., Toronto 1873 Archive
- Trelawney Saunders : An Introduction to the Survey of Western Palestine: Its Waterways, Plains & Highlands . London 1881 Archives
- Edward Henry Palmer: The Survey of Western Palestine. Arabic and English Name Lists Collected During the Survey by Lieutenants Conder and Kitchener, RE , London 1881 Archive
- Claude Reignier Conder & Horatio Herbert Kitchener: The Survey of Western Palestine. Memoirs of the Topography, Orography, Hydrography, and Archeology . Volume I, Galilee, London 1881 Archives
- Claude Reignier Conder & Horatio Herbert Kitchener: The Survey of Western Palestine. Memoirs of the Topography, Orography, Hydrography, and Archeology . Volume II, Samaria, London 1882 Archives
- Claude Reignier Conder & Horatio Herbert Kitchener: The Survey of Western Palestine. Memoirs of the Topography, Orography, Hydrography, and Archeology . Volume III, Judaea, London 1883 Archives
- Charles Warren & Claude Reignier Conder: The Survey of Western Palestine. Jerusalem . London 1884 Archives
- Henry Baker Tristram : The Survey of Western Palestine. The Fauna and Flora of Palestine . London 1885 Archives
- Edward Hull : The Survey of Western Palestine. Memoir on the Physical Geology and Geography of Arabia Petraea, Palestine, and Adjoining Districts . London 1886 Archives
- Henry C. Stewardson: The Survey of Western Palestine. A General Index to 1. The Memoirs, Vols. I.-III .; 2. The Special Papers; 3. The Jerusalem Volume; 4. The Flora and Fauna of Palestine; 5. The Geological Survey; and to The Arabic and English Name Lists . 1888 Google Books
- Claude Reignier Conder: The Survey of Eastern Palestine. Memoirs of the Topography, Orography, Hydrography, Archeology, etc., Volume I, The 'Adwân Country , London 1889 Archive
- Palestine Exploration Fund. Twenty-one years' work in the Holy Land: (a record and a summary), June 22, 1865 - June 22, 1886. Alexander P. Watt, London 1889 Archive
