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| Abila |
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LOCATION: Southeast of the Sea of Galilee DATES: 6/17/00 - 8/5/00 HISTORICAL BACKGROUND: Chalcolithic to Mameluke DIRECTOR: W. Harold Mare, Covenant Theological Seminary CREDITS: 4, $242 per credit COST: $1200 for 7 weeks MINIMUM STAY: 7 weeks ACCOMMODATIONS: Nearby Girls School CONTACT INFORMATION: W. Harold Mare, Covenant Theological Seminary, 12330 Conway Road, St. Louis, MO 63141 Tel: 314-434-4044 E-mail: whmare@aol.com |
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| Acre (Akko) |
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LOCATION: 13 miles north of Haifa DATES: 6/19/00 -7/27/00 HISTORICAL BACKGROUND: Hellenistic - Modern DIRECTOR: Adrian Boas, Haifa Univ; George Philipp Melloni, Deutcher Orden, Haifa (Akko) Office CREDITS: None COST: $50 per day MINIMUM STAY: 1 day ACCOMMODATIONS: Hostel in Acre CONTACT INFORMATION: Department of Archaeology, Haifa Univ, Mount Carmel, Haifa 31905, Israel Tel: 972-2-624-0652 Fax: 972-4-824-9876 |
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| El-Ahwat |
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LOCATION: 10 miles east of Caesarea DATES: 7/16/00 - 8/10/00 HISTORICAL BACKGROUND: Iron I DIRECTOR: Adam Zertal CREDITS: Up to 2, $100 per credit COST: $250 per work week MINIMUM STAY: 1 week ACCOMMODATIONS: Kibbutz Barkai CONTACT INFORMATION: Adam Zertal, Dept of Archaeology, Haifa Univ, Haifa 31999, Israel Tel: 972-4-824-0234 Fax: 972-4-824-8128 E-mail: amitrom@mail.chief.co.il Web Site: http://research.haifa.ac.il/~archlgy/projects/ahawat/index.htm |
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| Ashkelon |
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LOCATION: 30 miles down the Mediterranean coast from Tel Aviv DATES: 6/10/00-7/28/00 HISTORICAL BACKGROUND: Canaanite-Crusader DIRECTOR: Lawrence Stager, Harvard University CREDITS: 8 credits, $1510 tuition COST: $350/week MINIMUM STAY: 3 weeks ACCOMMODATIONS: Shulamit Gardens Hotel CONTACT INFORMATION: Lawrence Stager, Harvard Semitic Museum, 6 Divinity Ave., Cambridge, MA 02138 Tel: 617-495-9385 Fax: 617-496-8904 E-mail: stager@fas.harvard.edu Web Site: http://www.fas.harvard.edu/semitic/askelon-dig.html |
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| Banias (Caesarea Phillippi) |
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LOCATION: Northeastern Galilee DATES: 5/15/00-6/19/00 HISTORICAL BACKGROUND: Early RomanOttoman DIRECTOR: Vassilos Tzaferis, Israel Antiquities Authority CREDITS: 3-6 COST: $1100 for 5 weeks MINIMUM STAY: 5 weeks ACCOMMODATIONS: Kibbutz Snir CONTACT INFORMATION: Prof. John Laughlin, Averett College, Danville, VA 24541 Tel: 804-7915707 Fax: 804-799-0658 E-mail: laughlin@averett.edu |
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| Beit Guvrin |
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LOCATION: Between the Mediterranean Coast and Dead Sea DATES: Month of June 2000 HISTORICAL BACKGROUND: Roman Ottoman DIRECTOR: Amos Kloner & Michael Cohen, Bar-Ilan University, Israeli Antiquities Authority CREDITS: 4 - Bar-Ilan University COST: $250 per week MINIMUM STAY: 2 weeks ACCOMMODATIONS: Kibbutz Bet Guvrin Hostel with pool CONTACT INFORMATION: Michael Cohen, Israeli Antiquities Authority, PO Box 586, Jerusalem, Israel Tel: 972-5-320-1208 E-mail: micha@aleph.israntique.org.il Web Site: http://www.israntique.org.il |
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| Bethsaida |
LOCATION: Eastern shore of Sea of GalileeDATES: 4/30/00-8/10/00 HISTORICAL BACKGROUND: Iron II Roman DIRECTOR: Rami Arav and Richard Freund, Univ. of Nebraska at Omaha CREDITS: Up to 6, $80.50 and 95.90/credit hour - Univ. of Nebraska at Omaha COST: $50 per day MINIMUM STAY: 1 week ACCOMMODATIONS: Kibbutz Ginnosar, dormitory-style rooms, semi-private rooms available, linens, beach CONTACT INFORMATION: Wendi Chiarbos, Bethsaida Excavations Project, Univ. of Nebraska at Omaha, Omaha, NE 68182 Tel: 402-554-2902 Fax: 402-554-3681 E-mail: Wendi_Chiarbos@unomaha.edu More Dig Information |
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| Beth-Samesh |
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LOCATION: 16 miles west of Jerusalem DATES: 6/11/00-7/6/00 HISTORICAL BACKGROUND: Bronze Iron Age DIRECTOR: Zvi Lederman and Shlomo Bunimovitz, Tel Aviv University CREDITS: 3-4, $250 3 credits COST: $315 for one week, $900 for 3 weeks, $1150 for 4 weeks MINIMUM STAY: 1 week ACCOMMODATIONS: Air-conditioned kibbitz guest house with pool CONTACT INFORMATION: Prof. Steve Weitzman, Dept. of Religious Studies, Indiana University, Sycamore Hall 230, Bloomington, IN 47405 Tel: 812-323-0129 E-mail: cahobson@indiana.edu |
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| Caesarea Maritima |
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LOCATION: Mediterranean coast between Tel Aviv and Haifa DATES: 6/4/00-7/13/00 HISTORICAL BACKGROUND: Hellenistic-Modern DIRECTOR: Kenneth Holum, University of Maryland / Avner Raban, Univ of Haifa CREDITS: 3-6, $600 COST: $375/week, $425 for divers MINIMUM STAY: 2-6 weeks / 4 weeks preferred / 4 weeks required for credit & divers ACCOMMODATIONS: Semi-private rooms, some with bath and air conditioning CONTACT INFORMATION: Radha Dalal, Combined Caesarea Expeditions, Dept. of History, Univ. of Maryland, College Park, MD 20742 Tel: 301-405-4353 Fax: 301-314-9399 E-mail: caesarea@umail.umd.edu Website: Caesarea Maritima Excavations |
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| Tel Dor |
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LOCATION: Mediterranean coast, 16 miles south of Haifa DATES: 7/5/00-8/11/00 UC Berkeley 7/4/00-8/11/00 Cal State Sacramento HISTORICAL BACKGROUND: 2000 B.C. 235 A.D. DIRECTOR: Andrew Stewart, University of California at Berkeley / Rainer Mack, UC Santa Barbara / Howard Goldfried, Cal State University Sacramento CREDITS: 2-4 COST: $1500-3000, includes tours, tuition, educational materials MINIMUM STAY: 2 or 3 weeks ACCOMMODATIONS: Pardess Hanna Agricultural School dormitories CONTACT INFORMATION UC Berkeley: Andrew Stewart, History of Art, UC Berkeley, Berkeley, CA 94720 Tel: 510-643-9040 Fax: 510-643-2185 E-mail: astewart@socrates.berkeley.edu Web Site: www.qal.berkeley.edu/~teldor CONTACT INFORMATION Cal State Sacramento: Howard Goldfried, Anthropology Department, Cal State University, Sacramento, CA 95819 Tel: 916-278-6582 Fax: 916-278-6339 E-mail: astewart@socrates.berkeley.edu |
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| Ein Gedi |
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LOCATION: Dead Sea coast north of Masada DATES: 12/21/00-2/02/01 HISTORICAL BACKGROUND: Roman-Byzantine DIRECTOR: Yizhar Hirschfield, Hebrew University CREDITS: 6 credits, $3000 for 3 weeks, University of Hartford COST: $220-$300 per week MINIMUM STAY: 1 week for volunteers, 3 weeks for those receiving academic credit ACCOMMODATIONS: Ein Gedi Youth Hostel CONTACT INFORMATION: Yizhar Hirschfield, Inst. of Archaeology, Hebrew University, Mt. Scopus, Jerusalem 91905, Israel Fax: 972-2-582-5548 Web Site: www.hum.huji.ac.il/archaeology/eingedi/ |
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| Halutza |
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LOCATION: 12 miles southwest of Beer-Sheva DATES: 8/15/00-9/22/00 HISTORICAL BACKGROUND: 3rd Century B.C. to 8th Century A.D. DIRECTOR: Haim Goldfus and Benny Arubas, Ben Gurion University CREDITS: Pending COST: $30 per day MINIMUM STAY: 10 working days ACCOMMODATIONS: Kibbutz Revavim CONTACT INFORMATION: Dr. Hiam Goldfus, 79 Park Street, Brookline, MA 02446 Tel: 617-232-7246 E-mail: hgoldfus@bgumail.bgu.ac.il |
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| Harasim |
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LOCATION: Central Shephelah region DATES: 7/2/00 - 7/28/00 HISTORICAL BACKGROUND: Late Bronze - Iron II DIRECTOR: Shmuel Givon CREDITS: 4, $100 per month COST: $30 per day MINIMUM STAY: 1 week ACCOMMODATIONS: Kibbutz Kfar Menachem CONTACT INFORMATION: Ryan Byrne, John Hopkins Univ, 4902 Sheridan St., Riverdale, MD 20737 Tel: 301-209-0006 Fax: 410-516-5218 E-mail: rmbyrne@earthlink.net |
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| Har Karkom |
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LOCATION: Southern Negev DATES: 4/13/00-5/2/00 HISTORICAL BACKGROUND: Late Bronze-Iron II DIRECTOR: Emmanuel Anati, Centro Camuno di Studi Preistorici CREDITS: 5 COST: $100/day MINIMUM STAY: 1 week ACCOMMODATIONS: Tent camp, sleeping bags CONTACT INFORMATION: Emmanuel Anati, Sinai-Har Karkom Project, Centro Camuno di Studi Preistorici, 25044 Capo di Ponte (BS), Italy Tel: 39-364-42091, Fax: 39-364-42572 E-mail: ccsp@globalnet.it Web Site: www.globalnet.it/ccsp/ccsp.html |
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| Hazor |
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LOCATION: Northern Galilee DATES: 6/20/00-7/14/00; 7/16/00-8/8/00 HISTORICAL BACKGROUND: Bronze-Iron DIRECTOR: Amnon Ben-Tor, Hebrew Univ. CREDITS: Credits and tuition per participant's university COST: $750 per term / $1350 per season MINIMUM STAY: one term ACCOMMODATIONS: Gesher House in Safed, 3-5 persons per room CONTACT INFORMATION: Amnon Ben-Tor, Inst. of Archaeology, Hebrew Univ., Mt Scopus, Jerusalem, 91905, Israel Tel: 972-2-5882425, Fax: 972-2-5825548 E-mail: bentor@hum.huji.ac.il Web Site: unixware.mscc.huji.ac.il/~hatsor/hazor.html |
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| Jebel Hamrat Fidan |
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LOCATION: In Jordan, 35 miles north of Petra DATES: 7/3/00-8/29/00 HISTORICAL BACKGROUND: Pre-pottery DIRECTOR: Thomas Levy, University of California at San Diego / Russell Adams, Univ of Bristol, UK CREDITS: 12, $960 per session COST: $825 per session MINIMUM STAY: 9 weeks ACCOMMODATIONS: Tent camp near the site CONTACT INFORMATION: Maria Randerson, Summer Session, University of California at San Diego 9500 Gilman Dr, 0179, La Jolla, CA 92093 Tel: 858-534-8277 Fax: 858-534-8271 E-mail: mranderson@ucsd.edu Web Site: weber.ucsd.edu/Depts/Anthro/classes/tlevy |
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| Tell Kedesh |
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LOCATION: 22 miles north of Tiberias DATES: 5/21/006/24/00; 6/18/007/12/00 HISTORICAL BACKGROUND: Early Bronze Modern DIRECTOR: Sharon Herbert, University of Michigan / Andrea Berlin, Univ of Minnesota CREDITS: $90 per credit COST: $250 per week MINIMUM STAY: 3.5 weeks ACCOMMODATIONS: Ramot Naftali CONTACT INFORMATION: Sharon Herbert, Kelsey Museum of Archaeology, 434 South State Street, Ann Arbor, MI 48109 Tel: 734-764-0362 Fax: 734-763-4959 E-mail: sherbert@umich.edu Website: Tell Kedesh Excavations |
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| Megiddo |
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LOCATION: 22 miles north of Tiberias DATES: 6/11/00-7/28/00 HISTORICAL BACKGROUND: Early Bronze Canaanite DIRECTOR: Israel Finkelstein and David Ussishkin, Tel Aviv Univ / Baruch Halpern, Penn State Univ CREDITS: 3-9 $100 per credit COST: $1125/3 weeks; $2250/7 weeks MINIMUM STAY: 3 weeks ACCOMMODATIONS: Kibbutz CONTACT INFORMATION: Baruch Halpern, Megiddo Expedition, 103 Weaver Building, Penn State Univ, Univ Park, PA 16802-5500 Tel: 814-861-6660 Fax: 814-865-6204 E-mail: megiddo@psu.edu Web Site: Dig Megiddo |
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| Nazareth |
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LOCATION: Nazareth DATES: 7/24/00 - 8/4/00 HISTORICAL BACKGROUND: Late Hellenistic Crusader DIRECTOR: Stephan Pfann and Ross Voss, University of the Holy Land CREDITS: 2; $200 COST: $280 per week MINIMUM STAY: ACCOMMODATIONS: Hostel CONTACT INFORMATION: Stephan Pfann POB 24084, Mt. Scopus, Jerusalem 91240, Israel Tel: 972-2-672-3785 Fax: 972-2-673-1730 E-mail: csec@netvision.net.il Website: www.uhl.u-k.ac |
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| Petra |
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LOCATION: 48 miles southeast of Dead Sea in Jordan DATES: 6/16/00 - 7/27/00 HISTORICAL BACKGROUND: Nabatean-Late Roman DIRECTOR: Phillip C. Hammond, Univ. of Utah and Arizona State Univ. CREDITS: By individual arrangements COST: $2500 MINIMUM STAY: 6 weeks ACCOMMODATIONS: Local housing with "Western" facilities CONTACT INFORMATION: Phillip C. Hammond, 15810 E. Chicory Dr., Fountain Hills, AZ 85268 Tel: 480-816-0200 E-mail: hammondp@aol.com Website: http://todacosa.com/petra/aep.htm |
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| Tel Rehov |
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LOCATION: 40 miles northeast of Jerusalem on the Jordan River DATES: 6/18/00 - 7/28/00 HISTORICAL BACKGROUND: Late Bronze-Iron II DIRECTOR: Amihai Mazar, Hebrew Univ. CREDITS: up to 7, $120 per credit COST: $250 per week, $210 for last 3 weeks if stay for 6 MINIMUM STAY: 3 weeks ACCOMMODATIONS: Kibbutz Mesillot CONTACT INFORMATION: Dan Browning, William Carey College, 498 Tucson Ave, Hattiesburg, MS Tel: 601-582-6156 Fax: 601-582-6468 E-mail: browning@wmcarey.edu Website: www.rehov.org |
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| Es-Safi (Gath) |
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LOCATION: Halfway between Jerusalem and Askelon DATES: 7/23/00 - 8/18/00 HISTORICAL BACKGROUND: Chalcolithic-modern DIRECTOR: Aren M. Maeir, Bar-Ilan Univ / Carl S. Ehrlich, York Univ CREDITS: 6 COST: $1500/ 4 week season, $800 for 2 weeks MINIMUM STAY: 2 weeks ACCOMMODATIONS: Kibbutz Kfar Menahem CONTACT INFORMATION: Carl S. Ehrlich, Div. of Humanities, York Univ, 4700 Keele St., North York Ontario, M3J 1P3, Canada Tel: 416-736-2100 ext. 77097 Fax: 416-736-5460 E-mail: ehrlich@yorku.ca |
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| Sepphoris |
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LOCATION: Central Galilee DATES: 5/8/00 - 6/4/00 / 5/7/00 - 7/8/00 HISTORICAL BACKGROUND: Late Hellenistic-modern DIRECTOR: James Strange, University of South Florida CREDITS: 3 or 6, $90 per hour (undergrad), Univ. of South Florida COST: $3000/session (includes airfare) MINIMUM STAY: 3 weeks ACCOMMODATIONS: Kibbutz ha-Solelim, near Nazareth CONTACT INFORMATION: James Strange, Dept. of Religious Studies CPR 107, Univ. of South Florida, Tampa, FL 33620 Tel: 813-974-1845 Fax: 813-974-1853 E-mail: strange@chuma.cas.usf.edu Web Site: www.geocities.com/Athens/Olymous/9554 More Dig Information |
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| Sha'ar ha-Golan |
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LOCATION: Near the southern coast of the Sea of Galilee DATES:5/18/00 - 7/28/00 HISTORICAL BACKGROUND: Pottery Neolithic DIRECTOR: Yoel Nesson, Hebrew Univ. / Michele Miller, Boston Univ. CREDITS: None COST: $175 per week MINIMUM STAY: 6/18 to 7/7 or 7/9 to 7/28 ACCOMMODATIONS: Kibbutz Guest House CONTACT INFORMATION: Michelle Miller, 444 E 84th Street, Apt 8F, New York, NY 10028 Tel: 212-472-1644 E-mail: micmil@aol.com |
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| Shuni |
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LOCATION: Mediterranean coast, 4 miles north of Caesarea Maritima DATES: July - August HISTORICAL BACKGROUND: Roman-Byzantine DIRECTOR: Eli Shenhav, Jewish National Fund CREDITS: 3, details available upon request COST: $275 per week (5 days) MINIMUM STAY: 5 days ACCOMMODATIONS: CONTACT INFORMATION: Shuni Excavations PO Box 111, Binyamaina 30500, Israel Tel: 972-6-638-0034 Fax: 972-6-628-8004 E-mail: elis@kkl.org.il |
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| Al-'Umayri |
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LOCATION:South of Amman, Jordan DATES: 7/21/00 - 8/2/00 HISTORICAL BACKGROUND: Early Bronze Persian DIRECTOR: Moshe Fischer, Tel Aviv University CREDITS: 8 COST: $1795/full season; $1150/half season MINIMUM STAY: 3 weeks ACCOMMODATIONS: Amman Training Center / CONTACT INFORMATION: Moshe Fischer, Dept of Classics, Tel Aviv University, Israel Tel: 972-3-640-9457, Fax: 972-3-640-9457 E-mail: fischer@ccsg.tau.ac.il |
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| Ya'amun |
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LOCATION: Southeast of Sea of Galilee DATES: 6/19/00 - 8/12/00 HISTORICAL BACKGROUND: Early Christian DIRECTOR: Jerome C. Rose, Univ of Arkansas CREDITS: 6 COST: $2575/season MINIMUM STAY: season ACCOMMODATIONS: Accomodations on the Yarmouk Univ campus CONTACT INFORMATION: Dede Long, Office of Study Abroad, FIIR, Univ of Arkansas, 722 W Maple, Fayetteville, AR 72701 Tel: 501-575-2006 Fax: 501-575-7402 E-mail: dslong@comp.uark.edu |
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| Tel Zayit |
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LOCATION: 19 miles east of Ashkelon DATES: 6/17/00 - 7/22/00 HISTORICAL BACKGROUND: Late Bronze Ottoman DIRECTOR: Ron Tappy, Pittsburgh Theological Seminary CREDITS: 3-6 COST: $1400 for 5 weeks MINIMUM STAY: 3 weeks ACCOMMODATIONS: Kibbutz Gal'on CONTACT INFORMATION: Ron Tappy, Pittsburgh Theological Seminary, 616 N. Highland Avenue, Pittsburgh, PA 15206 Tel: 412-444-3304, ext. 2126 Fax: 412-486-0776 E-mail: tappy@fyi.net |
| Additional Notes: |
| Airfare and weekend expenses are generally not included in the costs below. Most digs do offer some sort of group discount flight from the United States to Israel or Jordan.
College credit and tuition is optional in all cases. For more detailed information on each site see the January/February 2000 issue of the Biblical Archaeology Review. 
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