For the past six years I have been directing the Tel Dor excavations on the coast of Israel in collaboration with Ilan Sharon of The Hebrew University and partners from institutions in Israel, America and around the globe. Nearly my entire field career is connected to Dor. After my freshman year at college, Ephraim Stern, then my professor and excavator of Dor, asked me to join his team. Though I was hesitant at first, my mother insisted that I take the job. She said “You never know where this can lead.” (Lesson A: Always listen to your mother.) I’ve […]
