Half of a Doric capital used to decorate a public building. As we moved into the final week of excavations, the pace picked up. You don’t want to run out time and leave that unearthed stratum or artifact for next year. Right on time, the temperatures soared. But we marshalled on through the heat and fatigue determined to make the most of our efforts. Below I will give what I think are some of the more important advances that have been made this summer in our aim to understand more fully...

Season 10 (2026) Week Three Summary - Let’s be honest, digging four weeks in the summer in Israel is a challenge. You get into the rhythm of rising a 3:50AM to be on site at 5:00AM. Indeed, you prefer that hour, because it is the coolest hour in the day that you are going to see. Yet, after three weeks of hard labor, the heat and exertion begin to wear on you, even if you are only 25 years old (which is an age I left long ago). Still, you carry on as a team and the camaraderie is palpable,...

The team from Session 1. We made good, steady progress in our second week. Two more to go. My personal engagement shifted just a bit. On Sunday, Adam, Laney and I finished our work in Area H alongside the Schneider house. It was determined that the walls of the 19th house were not built on monumental Roman walls, which is what we were checking. We did uncover smaller Roman walls in our half-square, but they were not related to the foundations of the house, and it was felt that they likely...