BAR offers travel scholarships of $1,000 every year to a few people who would otherwise not be able to volunteer. In 1997 the three women shown below—Melody Knowles, then finishing her dissertation on the Hebrew Bible at Princeton Theological Seminary, Jessica Redford, a philosophy student who would soon graduate from the University of Southern California, and Mary Eierman, a homemaker with four grown daughters—benefited from the scholarships. To apply, simply send a letter to BAR Dig Scholarships, 4710 41st St., NW, Washington, DC 20016, stating who you are, where you want to dig and why, as well as why you need financial aid. We require your address and phone number and the names, addresses and phone numbers of two references. The deadline is March 6, 1998.
“Every day was filled with much hard work, but there was also an overwhelming wonder of the history and beauty of this region. I thought of the account in 1 Samuel referring to this very place where the Ark of the Covenant had once stopped. It amazed me that I was standing on the same ground. I remember how hot and dry it was at Beth-Shemesh and how the grey dust settled over everything. I’ll never forget the people I encountered, the unusual food consumed or even the pigeons cooing at the kibbutz. I have to go back.”
“The first season at Tel Rehov was exciting because of the great potential of this large Bronze and Iron Age mound. Some volunteers spent the entire six weeks digging only a couple of feet, excavating slowly and carefully uncovering beautiful floors and well-preserved pottery, while others followed incredibly preserved mudbrick walls as far as 15 courses (8 feet) down. I worked in the test trench being cut into Rehov’s lower mound. In six weeks I learned far more than I’d expected about this magnificent site. It was hard to say goodbye to the site and the friends I’d made there.”
“We found many unusual items in my square, including the LMLK handle fragments of large scoops, chalices, distinctively rimmed bowls and much slag. We also discovered the head of a female figurine … What kinds of activity would leave such remains?”
BAR offers travel scholarships of $1,000 every year to a few people who would otherwise not be able to volunteer. In 1997 the three women shown below—Melody Knowles, then finishing her dissertation on the Hebrew Bible at Princeton Theological Seminary, Jessica Redford, a philosophy student who would soon graduate from the University of Southern California, and Mary Eierman, a homemaker with four grown daughters—benefited from the scholarships. To apply, simply send a letter to BAR Dig Scholarships, 4710 41st St., NW, Washington, DC 20016, stating who you are, where you want to dig and why, as well as why […]
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