Jerusalem Hills daily photo

. Before they added more buildings to the huge and ugly Holyland Towers in Jerusalem the Israel Antiquities Authority had to do the legall...

. Looking out from the ancient Canaanite shaft tomb they had been excavating, workers come up for some fresh(er) air and a coffee break...

. The thrill of discovery! What will the mystery object turn out to be? My colleagues here are freeing it from earth that covered it for so...

. Exciting excavations for ABC Wednesday meme. I work from time to time at digs in Jerusalem (as a paid fieldworker, not an archaeologist...

. { The truck pictures are more impressive when enlarged. Go on, click and enjoy the details! } The System: Every archaeological excavation...

. As you may have surmised, we completed the archaeological excavation a few weeks ago. It is good to have some time off before the next di...

We archaeology fieldworkers start at 6:30 and finish work at 2:30. Meal time is half an hour, at 10:30. A little break comes at 1:00. Esp...

Back by popular demand--archaeology. Our latest dig, at a Canaanite burial ground in what is today Jerusalem, has turned out to be rich in ...

Way up on the scaffold, see the man with the camera? That's our boss, fearless Zvi. What won't an archaeologist do for a good photo ...

. Hope this won't make anyone freak out, but my F words for today are femur, fibula, frontal bones, and funerary practices. Of Canaanit...

As I climbed the hill to work this morning, the round August moon was just setting behind the minaret of Beit Tsafafa . With the bright sun...

As you may know, I am working at a salvage excavation in Jerusalem these days. The present site has at least twenty shaft tombs in which the...

Welcome to our bloggers' ABC Wednesday , today featuring words beginning with letter C. In c onnection to the excavations where I've...

Today we started a new salvage dig, not far from where we dug two weeks ago. Before any new building goes up, the land has to be investigate...