2009 Season of Excavations

There will be a single season of excavations at Mount Zion in the Summer of 2009. We intend to expand the area to the south and east in order to further clarify the structural remains from the Byzantine and Early Islamic periods. We will also be digging down to the top of the Second Temple period vaults which have been identified at the site. On the far west of the site we will be digging the Medieval to Early Islamic levels, and we hope to expose the Ayyubid layer where we surmise a metal workshop existed in the 13th century.

The Summer season will be from June 14 (Sunday) to July 24 (Friday) 2009.
The minimum stay for this season is two weeks.

We will be digging weekly from Sunday to Thursday, with Friday mornings for pottery washing and Saturdays off. Since you will be booking your room at a special rate and on a weekly basis, it will be available to you also during the weekends for the period of your stay.
 
All Team Members need to arrive at the hotel on the Friday before the period of digging that they are participating in. The positive side of this is that Team Members will be able to adjust to the location and climate, as well as to any possible time change, before getting down to the work. It will also mean that you will be able to walk into Jerusalem and see both the Old City and the New City.