July 23, 2007
From the Mountain Top
0Up, up, up we go every morning before the sun rises. Today was another day digging atop the mysterious Hippos. The morning began with more digging in the street. There was only a little dirt left and the thought was that it would be finished by tomorrow. Apparently there was only enough to last through today. Dr. Schuler started a wall rebuilding program in the street. The basic idea behind the program was to pull out the wall stones level out the dirt and replace them so they were nice and neat. Rumor has it that there will be a parade in the street tomorrow because the street is finally finished after a long season. The other squares continued as normal. Linda lead a team in F2 sweeping and Rachel continued her leadership in the A squares. The F square is on the western side of the church and the A squares are on the eastern side. Focus shifted from the F squares to the side middle rooms to the south end of the complex. Tomorrow is one of our last days digging atop Hippos. Im sure it will be a great day.
May 2, 2008
Preparing for 2008
0by Dr. Mark Schuler • 2008, Uncategorized • Tags: 2008 Season, archaeology, Hippos, Virtual Dig
The Concordia Team returns to Hippos/Sussita for the 2008 season beginning 29 June. With its largest team ever (33 volunteers), the team hopes to complete most work on the Northeast Church, along with probing for structures under the ruins of the church.
Concordia also launches an updated Virtual Dig web site to support public outreach. Follow Dig It! for more details.