Necropolis Now

When I was walking through Jerusalem's Old City this past July-early August, I was intrigu...

Who has time to actually blog? Not me. I often think of things to blog about when I'm in bed - the computer is turned off and I'm no...

Lotsa (OK, some) pics from Israel. First, me above the Dead Sea, before we'd got there and I discovered that the water was hot! Hot!!!...

Just a note to anyone who wants to talk to me (apart from comments here) to come find me on Facebook. I recently had a guy email me about my...

Some pics from the dig at Gath . First, me digging, second me and sometime controversial archaeologist, Israel Finkelstein , and last a grou...

I want to dig up an "Ashdoda" figurine at Gath (see above picture). Or an Astarte plaque , that would also be good. Or... perhaps ...

Well, it's that time of year again - digging season in Israel. I'm off to work at the site of Tell es-Safi/Gath , which is the Phil...