Shimon Gibson leads the team that found the 10-line ritual cup at Mount Zion

Mount Zion

Mount Zion is a place name for a site in Jerusalem, the location of which has shifted several times in history. According to the Hebrew Bible's Book of Samuel, it was the site of the Jebusite fortress called the "stronghold of Zion" that was conquered by King David, becoming his palace in the City...

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Gibson is the editor of The Illustrated Dictionary & Concordance of the Bible.

Gibson wrote in The Final Days of Jesus: The Archaeological Evidence (HarperOne, 2009) that Jesus

Jesus

Jesus of Nazareth , commonly referred to as Jesus Christ or simply as Jesus or Christ, is the central figure of Christianity...

 was killed for acts of healing.

Shimon Gibson was the lead archeologist excavating the wilderness cave of John the Baptist in 2000 and wrote 'The Cave of John the Baptist'. http://www.bib-arch.org/reviews/review-cave-of-john-the-baptist.asp

Gibson has appeared in a number of biblical archaeology documentaries.

Gibson was a co-editor with Avraham Negev of the Archaeological Encyclopedia of the Holy Land.