The events of the Bible in the Promised Land are tied to that land. I know that sounds redundant, but it is actually an important point. The pattern of settlement, the choice of where to live and build, are tied to considerations of the land: where you can find water, what you can grow, where…
Category: Bethsaida Dig
The Secret Tunnel
In 2014, the Bethsaida archaeologists announced that they had found the opening of a secret tunnel. The tunnel began inside the palace from the Geshurite era (around 1,000 B.C.) So, one of the goals of this year’s excavations was to find the other end of the secret passage, and one of the teams was assigned…
Dirt and Dust
Well I am coming to the end or this session at the Bethsaida dig. There are two more sessions to come before the end of the season – and I don’t envy them. It is getting HOT! It was 98º today, and it looks like it will be over 100º tomorrow. Earlier today Dr. Arav…
Really Old Pottery & Ritual Purity
The digging continues. Because the area I have been assigned to dig was outside the city walls, our finds have been a mixed bag. This is because the garbage from the city was usually dumped over the city walls. So, in addition to looking for the line of the 10thCentury B.C. wall, we are also…
My “Special” Find
Well, I made a ‘special’ find. No, it wasn’t the Ark of the Covenant or the Holy Grail (remember Indiana Jones already found those), nor was it the marriage certificate between David and Ma’achah. By Hollywood standards it was pretty unimpressive, but nonetheless it was tagged and bagged as a “special” find by the archaeologists….