Come join us at Megiddo (biblical Armageddon) this summer, where we will be digging from June 12th through July 29th, 2010 – you can come for the first three weeks, the last four weeks, or all seven weeks. If you want college credit, that isn’t a problem, but you can also just come dig for the pure fun of it! Scroll down on this page to see who we are and then click on the links above to find out more and to fill out the preliminary application and course credit forms. Participants will be accepted on a rolling basis, but be advised that spaces are limited, so apply today!
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The Megiddo Expedition Staff
DIRECTORS
Israel Finkelstein
Tel Aviv University
David Ussishkin
Tel Aviv University
ASSOCIATE DIRECTOR (USA)
Eric H. Cline
The George Washington University
(l. to r.: David Ussishkin, Norma Franklin, Israel Finkelstein, Eric Cline)
STAFF
Norma Franklin
Tel Aviv University – coordinator of the expedition and field archaeologist
Matthew J. Adams
Bucknell University – field archaeologist
Eran Arie
Tel Aviv University and the Israel Museum – field archaeologist
Guy Avivi
Administrator
Yitzhak and Lena Benenson
Tel Aviv University – development of database applications
Julye Bidmead
Chapman University, Orange, CA – field archaeologist and registrar
Sivan Einhorn
Tel Aviv University – office registrar
Margaret Cohen
Pennsylvania State University – registrar and field archaeologist
Mario Martin
University of Vienna – field archaeologist
Alexander Pichura
Surveyor
Benjamin Sass
Tel Aviv University – artifacts analyst
Lidar Sapir-Hen
Archaeo-Zoologist
Pavel Shrago
Tel Aviv University – excavation photographer
Note: All of the information necessary for applying to participate in the 2010 Megiddo excavations can be found on the pages of this website. However, please be aware that this is a website set up specifically for the 2010 season. If you are interested in learning more about the Megiddo Expedition, including watching a five-minute-long film trailer of our diggers in action, please also go to the permanent home site by clicking on the following link: http://megiddo.tau.ac.il/
The Megiddo Expedition is undertaken under the auspices of Tel Aviv University, in conjunction with The George Washington University as Senior Consortium Member and Loyola Marymount University, Vanderbilt University, and Chapman University as Consortium Members. The Expedition is directed by Israel Finkelstein and David Ussishkin (Tel Aviv University), with Eric H. Cline (The George Washington University) serving as Associate Director (USA).
