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The Tel Hazor Excavations Project

Hazor was an ancient Canaanite and Israelite City located in the north of modern day Israel. Recent archaeological excavations have revealed how important this city was in antiquity. This site provides information about Tel Hazor and information for prospective volunteers who may wish to participate in further excavations at Hazor. No previous expe...

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Anatolian Archaeology & Art Publications

Founded in 1978, Archaeology and Art Publications ("Arkeoloji ve Sanat Yayınları") is one of Turkey's leading publishers of works on Anatolian archaeology, history, and art history. Besides a broad selection of books, the press publishes a bi-monthly journal, Arkeoloji ve Sanat. Archaeology and Art also operates the Celsus Picture Library, acts as ...

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Tell Tuneinir, Syria

St. Louis Archaeological Expeditions. Research objectives include the definition of the city's Islamic Period commercial structures, identification of features related to the church and monastery used by a Syriac speaking congregation, and investigation of various pre-Islamic strata....

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Gesher Benot Ya'aqov

The Acheulean site of Gesher Benot Ya'aqov (henceforth G.B.Y.) and the Benot Ya'akov Formation in which it is embedded are located in the northern sector of the Dead Sea Rift, just south of the Hula Valley. The exposures consist of fluvial and limnic sediments which form the littoral facies of the Hula Valley basin fill (Horowitz, 1973)....

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Archaeology in the Levant

UCSD Nahal Tillah Regional Archaeology Project in Israel. The UCSD Nahal Tillah Regional Archaeology Project in Israel is a collaborative and comprehensive archaeological initiative undertaken by the University of California, San Diego (UCSD) to explore and uncover the rich historical and cultural heritage of the Nahal Tillah region. Located in sou...

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Wadi Ziqlab Project

Since 1987, the Wadi Ziqlab Project, directed by Ted Banning of the University of Toronto, has conducted archaeological survey and excavation of Epipalaeolithic, Neolithic, Chalcolithic, and Early Bronze Age sites in northern Jordan, following initial survey in 1981 and test excavations in 1986....

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Tomb of Senneferi at Luxor, Egypt

The tomb of Senneferi is one of the 'Tombs of the Nobles' on the West Bank at Luxor in Egypt. In these pages you can find out about an ongoing excavation in Egypt: what the tomb is, how archaeology is done, what we find, and many other things!...

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Phaistos Disk

The Phaistos Disk was discovered in Crete in 1908. In a century which has seen the cracking of Linear B, Ugaritic, and other orthographic systems, the Phaistos Disk has eluded decipherment. The disk is thought to date from around 1700 BC. It is a roundish disk of clay, with symbols stamped into it. The text consists of 61 words, 16 of which are acc...

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The Pool-Complex at Petra

Despite decades of excavation in and around Petra, archaeologists continue to grapple with the issues of chronological development and the organization of the city as a center of political and economic importance....

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Wadi Araba Archaeological Research Project

University of Maryland. Bir Madhkur Excavation and Survey, Rujm Taba Salvage Excavations, Central Araba Archaeological Survey The University of Maryland is actively engaged in several significant archaeological endeavors, including the Bir Madhkur Excavation and Survey, Rujm Taba Salvage Excavations, and Central Araba Archaeological Survey. These p...

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