Overall Schedule
Wednesday May 23: ABR staff departs from the USA.
Saturday May 26: Check in date for travelers at Yad Hashmonah. Arrangements may be made for earlier check in at additional cost. Travelers are welcome to come earlier to help the ABR staff with dig preparations and/or to do their own touring.
Monday May 28- Friday June 1: Dig at Khirbet el-Maqatir.
Saturday June 2 - Sunday June 3: Rest, Free Days.
Monday June 4- Friday June 8: Dig at Khirbet el-Maqatir.
Saturday June 9: Free Day. Check out PM from Yad Hashmonah. ABR staff departs for airport.
Daily Dig Schedule
4:15 AM Breakfast
4:45 AM Load Bus
5:00 AM Depart for Site- bus ride includes a daily devotional and songs of praise.
6:00 AM Start Digging
10:30 AM Lunch on site
2 PM Leave Site
3 PM Pottery Washing
4:30-7PM Rest, Free Time, Dinner on your own
7-8 PM Evening Biblical Teaching
Biblical Teaching Schedule 7-8 pm
(In the IBEX Classroom under room C5)
Sunday, May 27—Orientation and Recording System (Byers/Wood)
Monday, May 28—The Archaeological Ages and Biblical History (Wood)
Tuesday, May 29—Before They Were Sherds: Pottery Making and Use in Bible Times (Wood)
Wednesday, May 30—Pottery Typology and You (Wood/Byers)
Thursday, May 31—Rise and Fall of the Thirteenth Century Conquest Theory (Wood)
Friday, June 1— Digging Up the Truth at Jericho (Wood)
Monday, June 4—The Date and Political Background of the Conquest (Wood)
Tuesday, June 5—In Search of the Lost City of Ai: Topography and Archaeology (Wood)
Wednesday, June 6—Israel in the Late Bronze II Period (Wood)
Thursday, June 7—Everyday Life in Bible Times: The Iron I Period (Byers)
Friday, June 8—Debriefing (Byers/Wood)