Archaeology Season 2010
Posted on Fri, Jun 18, 2010 @ 12:46 PM
Archaeology season in Israel for 2010 is well underway, with some digs coming to the end of their summer season and others yet to begin. Todd Bolen, of Bible Places blog, keeps track of the progress at a number of sites including an interesting time lapse video of an excavation.
Most sites also have "unofficial" blogs to provide details of progress--presumably as they are independent of the IT departments of the university sponsoring the dig. Aren Amaeir's Tel Es-Safi or Gath blog is an interesting example.
James Tabor also provides a positive review of the efforts of Eilat Mazar at probably the most controversial dig presently being undertaken, the City of David. In a post titled "Excavating the City of David: Has Eilat Mazar found David's Palace?" James sets out context of Mazar's efforts.
Will add details of interesting discoveries as they come to light.