The Jezreel Expedition

There is still time to register for Jezreel co-director Norma Franklin's lecture "Naboth's Vineyard and the Archaeology of Jezreel" today! It's scheduled for 12:30 EST and is free and open to the public.

Welcome! You are invited to join a webinar: DAY 4: 'The Land That I Will Show You' Recent Archaeological & Historical Studies of Ancient Israel. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email about joining the webinar. Join us for DAY 4 of the virtual public conference, "'The Land That I Will Show You' Recent Archaeological & Historical Studies of Ancient Israel." For the full schedule & to register for the other conference days, please visit us at: https://as.nyu.edu/hebrewjudaic/events/fall-2020/archaeology-isra...

The Jezreel Expedition thanks students in Jennie Ebeling's 'Jezreel Analysis and Publication' course at the University of Evansville. During the spring semester, eleven undergraduate archaeology majors completed preliminary reports of the glass and nail assemblages excavated by the Jezreel Expedition 2013-2018 and conducted their own research on a range of Jezreel-related topics, including the Roman-Byzantine cyst tombs, the connection between St. Varus and Jezreel, a reanalysis of the Crusader church, and Jezreel as pilgrimage site. Jezreel staff and team members and glass specialist Alysia Fischer generously provided assistance along the way. This course was a terrific opportunity for BA students to contribute to the ongoing analysis and publication of Jezreel. Thanks to all!

On International Women's Day, we highlight some of the women who contributed to the success of the Jezreel Expedition 2012-2018. Thank you all!

We were excited to host ancient glass expert Dr. Alysia Fischer in the Jezreel Analysis and Publication course at the University of Evansville this week. Dr. Fischer gave a presentation on her research of ancient glassblowing technology before supervising the initial sorting and identification of objects in the Jezreel glass artifact assemblage with UE archaeology students. We are grateful for her generosity and expertise!

UE archaeology alumna and Jezreel staff member Emily Stewart presented her research on the modern weapons-related artifacts from Jezreel in ARCH 320: Jezreel Analysis and Publication on Thursday. Emily's ongoing research offers important insights into the.1948 battles in the area.

Archaeology students in Dr Jennie Ebeling's "Jezreel Analysis and Publication" course at the University of Evansville enjoyed having special guests UE archaeology alumni and Jezreel staff members Morgan Davidson and Katie Mickus in Tuesday's class. Morgan and Katie were on hand to explain the Jezreel registration system to students who are about to embark on the preliminary study of glass and metal artifacts from the site as part of this new course.

Jezreel Field Director, Ian Cipin, today spoke to the alumni of San Francisco Theological Seminary - one of our consortium partners - about our recent discoveries at the site.

The Jezreel Expedition thanks our eight consortium partners for their generous support: Campbell University, Chapman University, Moravian Theological Seminary, San Francisco Theological Seminary/Graduate Theological Union, University of Arizona, Vanderbilt University, Villanova University and Wesley Theological Seminary. Enjoy some photos of the members of our consortium institutions at Jezreel this season!

Drone photography of our excavation areas at Jezreel this evening.

We were honored to have Ray Lutgring, Dean of the William L. Ridgway College of Arts and Sciences at the University of Evansville, with us for the last two weeks. Alongside other Jezreel team members, Ray dug, pushed wheelbarrows, hauled stone artifacts, wrote on pottery, and much more. Thank you for supporting us in so many ways over the past seven years, Ray!

The University of Evansville group at Jezreel. We are lucky to have such fantastic alumni and students with us for the 2018 season.