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Archaeological Digs

 

Always dreamt of spending some time digging a biblical site?  There are lots of opportunities.  Click on a site below to learn more.

  

·    Abila of the Decapolis • southeast of the Sea of Galilee  www.abila.org

·    Bethsaida • NE coast of Sea of Galilee   www.unomaha.edu/~betsaida

·    Caesarea Maritima • south of Haifa (underwater dig) www.digcaesarea.org

·     Capernaum • 7 miles N of Tiberias   www.jerusalem-center.org

·    Dor • 15 miles S of Haifa on the coast   http://sscl.berkeley.edu/~teldor

·     Har Karkom • Negev Desert; 60 miles N of Eilat   www.ccsp.it

·     Hazor • N.of Sea of Galilee   http://unixware.mscc.huji.ac.il/~hatsor/hazor.html

·    Hippos/Sussita • 12 miles from Tiberias   http://hippos.haifa.ac.il/

·     Kinneret • 5 miles N of Tiberias   www.kinneret-excavations.org

·    Kursi • eastern shore of Sea of Galilee www.jerusalem-center.org

·     Megiddo • 18 miles southeast of Haifa  http://megiddo.tau.ac.il

·     Misliya Cave • Mount Carmel, 6 miles south of Haifa  yzaidner@research.haifa.ac.il

·    Nahal David • near Ein Gedi, by the Dead Sea  www.origins-discovery.com

·    Ramat Ha-Nadiv • Mt. Carmel www.hum.huji.ac.il/archaeology/ramathanadiv/index.htm

·     Tell es-Safi/Gath • 37 miles S of Tel Aviv www.hum.huji.ac.il/archaeology.golan

·    Sha‘ar Hagolan • 1 mile S of Sea of Galilee   www.hum.huji.ac.il/archaeology.golan

·    Tiberias • western shore of the Sea of Galilee  http://digtiberias.org

·    Yotvata • 30 miles N of Eilat  magness@email.unc.edu

·    Zayit • 25 miles E of Ashkelon   www.zeitah.net

 

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