Start of the Day

Overview of Excavation Area

Sifting Soil

Young Digger

Uncovering a Mosaic Floor

Shuka Dorfman (Director IAA) and Jon Seligman (Regional Archaeologist IAA) visit the site with Gibson and Lewis

Various Walls

First Dig Baby

Soil Removal

Mosaic Floor with Sump

Jesse Pinchas and Team doing Radar Ground Scan

Excursion to Ein Karem

Bone Hair Pin

Dressed for Work

Rafi Logs a Find

Site Overview

Warren Schultz finding a Coin

James Tabor, Shimon Gibson, and Rafi Lewis

Tea Break

Pilgrims Flasks

Hershel Shanks (Editor of BAR) visiting the site with Gibson and Tabor

Carefully looking for Small Finds

Field Trip to the Akeldama Cemetery

Measuring and Recording

Stone Vessel Fragments

Experiments with Ancient Games: Using an Animal Bone as Dice

Pottery Washing and Sorting

Looking at the Finds from one Basket

Team gathered for Achim´s Birthday Breakfast

View of the Site