What a team!
After two weeks they are still smiling.
Greetings to all from our little band and from our site above the Sea!
A short break…
Due to a lecture I am giving, reports on days 9 and 10 will follow on the weekend (by Saturday). In the meantime, you might join one of our diggers in pondering the mystery and beauty of the place.
Day 8 of the 2016 Season
Day 8 saw both teams opening new areas in the North Building. With the Sea of Galilee as a backdrop, it is a most beautiful place to work.
Work on the eastern section of the Hours of Tyche and Cordo 4 North is now complete. We present the final model here:
Eastern storage room & Cardo 4N on 12 July 2016
by Dr. Mark Schuler
on Sketchfab
I close with a bit of a surprise. We removed a blockage in Cardo 3 North near the south entrance to the North Building. Much to our surprise, we found a blocked doorway to the House of Tyche with a decorated lintel still in situ and decorated door jambs. The door hails from early in the history of the house when Cardo 3 North dropped off down toward the north wall of the city. The stone work is worn but quite impressive.
Day 7 of the 2016 Season
Day seven marked the completion of work in the initial areas for both teams. On the east side of the dig, the team exposed the line of Cardo 4N in order to bet the back side of W1298. Just some cleaning remains.
On the north side of the excavation, the team finished its first assigned area and will move west tomorrow.
Day 6 of the 2016 season
At dawn on the first day of the week, the Concordia team was already at work.
I wonder if anyone thought of the significance, as the sun rose.
We finished work on the eastern storage room. While doing so, Dr. Chambers recovered an oil lamp,
and Emily found a coin during the sifting process.
The next model we will post from this area will be the final clean model.
On the north side of the dig, the team is approaching the floor. They continue to recover many mosaic clusters from the collapsed upper floor. But the clusters are so fragmentary that they only hint at what was above.