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….
City on a Hill
We had Saturday off from our digging duties, I was glad to sleep in a little bit! But after a good long rest, several of us went to see another archeological site, the city of Sussita a.k.a. Hippos. The ruins of Hippos sit on a high flat mountain top on the east side of the…
High Places
Wow, I’m old and things hurt that never used to. The schedule isn’t grueling, but it is busy. We are up at 4a.m. to meet the bus for the dig at 5:30 each day. We work until 9a.m. when we gather for breakfast, then more work. In the area that I’ve been assigned to work…
Definitely NOT Indiana Jones
Who didn’t want to be Indiana Jones when the movies came out? Swashbuckling our way through history, finding spectacular artifacts and defeating the bad guys, all whilst wearing a very cool hat. Well, I have been at this two days and there was no swashbuckling. Day 1 was the briefing. We toured the site…
Here I go…
So, enough background on Geshur and Bethsaida. I hope it provided a little bit of an overview and perhaps opened up some of the passages from the Bible for you. Seeing the Bible accounts in their historical context helped make sense of so much for me. God’s work in the world is revealed within the…