Today continued a string of remarkable finds. In our square A5 a marble paver was uncovered in the morning, another indicator that a...

Today was a high point in the season thus far. It began slowly with the cleaning of the Islamic period taboon (oven) before dismantling...

We were greeted this morning with another beautiful sunrise over the Bethsaida Plain and the Golan Heights. This year we have put up a...

Today was a day of new beginnings as we expanded our site. We opened three new squares that represent new promise. In Area C (north of...

Fridays and Saturdays we do not dig. These days are for rest and the opportunity to travel as a group to beautiful sites in the region....

We dig Sunday through Thursday, so today was the end of Week One. It has been a time of tremendous progress. It is hard to believe how...

Day 3 Archaeological work is slow, methodical work. You are intended to excavate the entire square down at the same time (i.e., not dig a...

Today was a day of taking down the walls of the medieval (Crusader) settlement of el Araj in preparation for digging down to the lower...

El Araj Excavations: Week One Day One. This morning we began our fourth season of excavations at el Araj (Bethsaida-Julias). We were...

From the series "Sergio and Rhoda and Israel" Description from YouTube "There are two proposed locations for Bethsaida, the city which...

Haaretz has a report on a significant find from this summer: https://www.haaretz.com/archaeology/.premium.MAGAZINE-reliquary-of-jesus-apo...

El Araj Excavations Day 19 (Week 4/Day 5). Today was the final day on the excavation site. It was a day of summations, clean up, picture...

El Araj Excavations Day 18 (Week 4/Day 4). Today was the last full day of the excavations this season. Once again there were many finds...

El Araj Excavations Day 17 (Week 4/Day 3). Today was a day of many rich finds. Especially in Area B where the team from Hong Kong has...

El Araj Excavations Day 16 (Week 4/Day 2). Today was one of the hottest days of the 2018 season. The heat and the fatigue of excavating 6...

El Araj Excavations Day 15 (Week 4/Day 1). We began our fourth and final week of the 2018 excavation season before sunrise. The pace of...

El Araj Excavations Day 13 (Week 3/Day 4). The pictures are from our work on Wednesday, July 4. Our days are full and in the evenings...

El Araj Excavations Day 12 (Week 3/Day 3). The weather is heating up and so is our excavation. We continue to excavate the squares and...