page_title: Charles Marston
section_title: Archaeology
hierarchical_section_title: Charles Marston / Archaeology
caption_attribution_description: Español: Fotografía de Charles Marston publicada en 1910
context_page_description: Sir Charles Marston FSA was a successful businessman who funded several major archaeological excavations across Palestine between 1929 and 1938.
context_section_description: Charles was deeply interested in archaeology and became President of the "Shropshire Archaeological Society", financially supporting its excavations across Palestine from 1929. Charles financially supported John Garstang's excavations at Jericho, followed by further excavations during the 1930s, by which time he was a leading financial supporter of the Palestine Exploration Fund.
  He also authored two popular works on Biblical archaeology, The Bible is True (1934) followed by The Bible is Alive (1937).
  Although not a professional archaeologist himself, Marston was a member of various academic societies, including the Society of Antiquaries of London where he self-taught himself archaeology and ancient history. He also participated in some of John Garstang's digs at Jericho, alongside financially supporting the excavations.
caption: Portrait of Charles Marston
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