2010

Working in four teams, the Concordia dig crew has been making good progress at the start of the excavation season.

One team is working on the southwest corner of a colonnaded building.  They have reached a depth of 3 meters in the square and should start exposing floor in a day or two.

See their progress here:

A crew working with Dr. Chambers has already discovered the line of a small street (Cardo 4N) that may form the eastern boundary for the Northeast Church compound:

The 2010 dig team has arrived safely in Israel and has moved into their quarters at Kibbutz Ein Gev.  Today is orientation day . . . a tour of the dig site and neighboring sacred sites (Beatitudes, Tabgha, Capernaum, Kursi) along with organizations meetings.  Tomorrow at 4:45 we are off to work.

Two team members, Darryl and John, arrived at Hippos a week early.  They have previewed the condition of the site and have been working with Talal (our tractor driver) to remove a large pile of rock to the east of the excavations site.

Their work is now complete:

Are you curious about what we will be doing during the 2010 season?

Most of our work will be to the east of the church.