Shimon Gibson

Shimon Gibson is a British-born archaeologist living in North Carolina, where he is a Professor of Practice in the Department of History at University of North Carolina at Charlotte.

[1] Gibson was the lead archaeologist excavating a wilderness cave he associated with John the Baptist in 2000 and later wrote The Cave of John the Baptist.

[3][4][5] He later led a team that found a 10-line ritual cup at Mount Zion.

[6][7] He is the editor of The Illustrated Dictionary & Concordance of the Bible[8] and was co-editor with Avraham Negev of the Archaeological Encyclopedia of the Holy Land.

[11] Gibson has appeared in a number of biblical archaeology documentaries.