805-807 Stops on the tour 2001

From the Book & the Spade archives, three programs collected on our last Holyland tour in 2001. Program 805 looks at the archaeology of the Church of the Annunciation in Nazareth (and an unusual connection to the Church of the Nativity in Bethlehem). Programs 806 and 807 are about a small museum at kibbutz Ein Gev called The House of Anchors.

1112-1113 Archaeology Plans - 2008

Almost every year since we started doing The Book & the Spade radio program, 25 years ago, we have begun by reviewing the excavation plans for the coming year as printed in Biblical Archaeology Review. The last couple of years the magazine has cut back on the printed schedule and posted information online, at a site called findadig.com. It looks like a robust schedule of excavations are on tap for this year, including Ashkelon. Ashkelon's head excavator, Larry Stager of Harvard University, was among those who pulled back when the intefada kicked up in 2000. Now the dig is back in the field, apparently under the co-direction of one of his students, Daniel Master, who is now at Wheaton College. Harvard and Wheaton, working together. Not a bad idea. There's a lot of dig sites, all with opportunities for volunteers. The application deadlines are coming up soon, so get your application in early. You too can be involved in cutting edge scientific research in the field of Biblical Archaeology.

#1111 - The Archaeology of Jerusalem with professor Keith Schoville

More archaeological activity in Jerusalem, all within a little more than a stones throw of the same area. In this week's program we review digs and discoveries near the Temple Mount and the City of David area, the oldest area of Jerusalem.