Concordia Returns to Hippos Site for Seventh Excavation

This summer, the Department of Religion and Theology will again participate in the Hippos Excavations

led by the Zinman Institute of Archaeology of the University of Haifa at the Hippos/Sussita National Park above the eastern shore of the Sea of Galilee at Ein Gev, Israel.The 2008 season of the Northeast Church Project is scheduled for June 29-July 24. The team will continue work on conserving the church complex and its mosaics. Participants will dig several deep probes to explore for structures under the church that are thought to be part of a Roman temple complex.

This year’s dig features two optional trips. The second week, Dr. Mark Schuler will lead a tour of Jerusalem and Bethlehem. Schuler will also lead a three-day tour of Jordan, including Jerash, Mt. Nebo, Petra, Amman and Gadara.

If you’d like to volunteer, you must have excellent health and be able to do the heavy work this project requires. The registration deadline is April 1, 2008.

For more information please visit http://hippos.archaeology.csp.edu/currentseason