Ashtoreth
Working in the Pottery Lab complex is one of several unexpected pleasures I’ve been experiencing on this excavation. As a microcosm of Israel itself, our Lab is...
archaeological excavation
10 postsBaha'i's Most Holy Place
I never expected to visit a Baha’i holy place in Israel, let alone the most holy site in the Baha’i religion. Yet, here it is. Akko...
A Startling Image
The Tel Akko Excavation is actually a field school, with an excellent program called Total Archaeology. The idea is not only to dig up the past, but to...
Mary of Magdala
Refusing to abandon Jesus in His darkest hour, all four Gospel accounts describe Mary of Magdala’s faithfulness and courage, remaining with Jesus, at the foot of His...
Magdala
Part of our excursion last Saturday was to visit the once bustling and wealthy city of Magdala, where Mary of Magdala came from. It’s a beautiful settlement,...
Thot, Scarabs, and the Assyrian Army
Second breakfast is one long table covered in a blue cloth, laden with boiled eggs, yoghurt, labneh, olives, cut vegetables, hummus, fruit, and something special—one day pancakes,...
May This Never End...
> …O, Lord, my God, I pray that these things never end: The sand and the sea, The rush of the waters, The crash of the heavens, The prayer...
What Is It?
Imagine a morning dawning on the Mediterranean coast about 3,500 years ago. The early light begins to shine into the windows of the growing coastal town of...