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                                by Samantha Mittleman As the final week approached, it began to set in for everyone that our six-week archaeological adventure was coming to a…

By Lukas Klein This week the field portion of the Khirbat al-Mukhayyat Archaeological Project reached its conclusion. While I am personally elated at the prospect of not having to wake up at 4:30, the end of the dig portion of…

By Harpreet Birdi Another week of digging complete! Digging in the heat of Jordan is hard and tiring however, I have gotten used to the heat by now and the amazing breeze from the wadi blows our sweat away. Last…

By Emily Jones Another week in desert paradise complete! While it’s still extremely hot and the work is heavy, I feel as though I’m becoming more accustomed to the weather and the work load. I have never been a morning…

By Rachel Belcher Well we successfully made it through our second week here in Jordan and in my opinion the hardest week as it was the highly anticipated first week on site! It was definitely harder than expected but we…

By David Meyer After a long airplane ride and expensive airport food we arrived in Jordan at the Amman Airport. From there we were met by two of our dig leaders, Debra Foran and Steve Edwards, and brought to the…

By Hillary Weppler It’s been business as usual here in Madaba for our team, we’ve all been hard at work drawing pottery, digitizing and photographing objects, some of us have even been making day trips to ACOR to conduct research…

By Annlee Dolan (co-director) I’d like to be able to say that while our students were soaking up some sun on the mid-season break, the directors were hard at work….. but alas, we also headed to a luxury hotel in…

By Emilee Lawrence Mid-Season Break and More Pottery! This work week started off with a fieldtrip! We were all excited to do some adventuring and spend the day outside of the lab. We teamed up with the Dhiban excavation team…

By Célynne Mathieu A Lovely “Eid-ning” Week Two began with a relaxing Friday off. The morning was mostly spent lollygagging in bed. Some chose to remain in their warm happy places for the remainder of the day while others ventured to…