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What happened last summer, when many archaeological excavations were interrupted by the Israel-Hezbollah war, is past. And digs are gearing up again for the 2007 season. This year’s opportunities range from digging at the almost 30-year-long excavations of Emmanuel Anati at Har Karkom in Israel to further exploration of the newly found water system at Ramat Rah.el with Oded Lipschits and Manfred Oeming to the renewed excavations at Tel Rehov in the Beth Shean valley under Amaihai Mazar and Tell Halif in the Negev under Oded Borowski.
With all the digs calling for volunteers, you’re sure to find the one that’s right for you.
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There’s a Lot More on the Web
This year BAR’s Digs section contains just a fraction of the information we’ve gathered to help you find a dig that’s just right for you. The chart below contains key information on 20 digs. Full descriptions of each site, including important past finds, Biblical connections, goals for the upcoming season, brief biographies of the dig directors, related BAR articles and much more can be found on our special digs Web site: www.findadig.com.
The site also contains Archaeology Odyssey digs, an interactive map, many more photos than we could publish here, essays by many of our Dig Scholarship winners and a Dig Blog maintained by two students last summer.
| COUNTRY |
SITE |
DATES |
CONTACT |
PHONE |
E-MAIL |
| Israel |
Apollonia-Arsuf |
July 16–August 10 |
Ilan Shachar |
011–972-9–951-3479 |
ilans@netvision.net.il |
| Israel |
Bethsaida |
May 27–July 8 |
Steve Reynolds |
402–554-4986 |
sreynolds@mail.unomaha.edu |
| Israel |
Tel Dor |
June 26–July 28 |
Elizabeth Bloch-Smith |
610–664-7829 |
bloch-smith@msn.com |
| Israel |
Gezer |
June 18–July 20 |
Steven M. Ortiz |
817–923-1921 |
sortiz@gezerproject.org |
| Israel |
Tell Halif |
June 4–July 6 |
Oded Borowski |
404–727-7951 |
oborows@emory.edu |
| Israel |
Har Karkom |
March–April 2007 |
Emmanuel Anati |
011–39-03–644-2091 |
info@ccsp.it |
| Israel |
Hazor |
June 24–August 3 |
Sharon Zuckerman |
011–972-2–582-5548 |
mssharon@mscc.huji.ac.il |
| Israel |
Hippos-Sussita |
July 1–26 |
Michael Eisenberg |
011–972-4–824-9392 |
hippos@research.haifa.ac.il |
| Jordan |
Jalul |
May 30–July 9 |
Randall Younker |
269–471-3273 |
hornmusm@andrews.edu |
| Jordan |
Khirbet Iskander |
June 1–July 9 |
Suzanne Richard |
814–871-5605 |
richard@gannon.edu |
| Jordan |
Khirbat al-Mudayna |
June 14–August 6 |
P.M. Michèle Daviau |
519–884-1970, ext. 6680 |
mdaviau@wlu.ca |
| Israel |
Kursi |
October 6–26 |
Charles R. Page |
731–697-8277 |
cpagejibe@aol.com |
| Israel |
Mt. Zion |
March 5–31 |
James D. Tabor |
704–687-2783 |
jdtabor@email.uncc.edu |
| Israel |
Ramat Rahel |
July 29–August 26 |
Omer Sergey |
|
omertelaviv@gmail.com |
| Israel |
Tel Rehov |
June 24–August 2 |
Amihai Mazar |
011–972-2–588-2437 |
rehov@mscc.huji.ac.il |
| Israel |
Tell es-Safi/Gath |
July 8–August 3 |
Aren Maeir |
011–972-3–531-8350 |
maeira@mail.biu.ac.il |
| Israel |
Tel Tsaf |
June 24–August 2 |
Yosef Garfinkel |
011–972-2–585-4591 |
garfinkel@mscc.huji.ac.il |
| Israel |
Yavneh Yam |
TBA |
Moshe Fisher |
011–972-3–6409938 |
fischer@post.tau.ac.il |
| Israel |
Yotvata |
June 3–29 |
Jodi Magness |
919–962-3928 |
magness@email.unc.edu |
| Israel |
Tel Zayit |
June 9–July 14 |
Ron Tappy |
412–362-5610, ext. 2126 |
tappy@fyi.net |
What happened last summer, when many archaeological excavations were interrupted by the Israel-Hezbollah war, is past. And digs are gearing up again for the 2007 season. This year’s opportunities range from digging at the almost 30-year-long excavations of Emmanuel Anati at Har Karkom in Israel to further exploration of the newly found water system at Ramat Rah.el with Oded Lipschits and Manfred Oeming to the renewed excavations at Tel Rehov in the Beth Shean valley under Amaihai Mazar and Tell Halif in the Negev under Oded Borowski. With all the digs calling for volunteers, you’re sure to find the […]
