LYCOMING COLLEGE DIGS!

Students in the Lycoming College Program in Archaeology and Culture of the Ancient Near East (formerly Near Eastern Culture and Archaeology) have participated in a number of fabulous archeological excavations over the last several years, in a tradition reaching back over more than 50 years.  Check out the new photos in the Archaeology showcase and in our new Archaeology program student picture directory!

      SUMMER 2007: FOURTEEN at GEZER and FOUR in MUNCY, plus Idalion Study Session
For the Summer of 2007, Lycoming College again has three projects going: 
* First, Lycoming will host another study session for publication of the Excavation at Idalion, Cyprus, bringing together the Idalion excavation team in Williamsport to work on publication. 
* Second, Lycoming will continue as a consortium school for the Gezer Excavation Project in Israel, running
June 14 - July 21, 2007.  Lycoming has thirteen students joining Dr. Robin Knauth on this project. 
* Third, the Muncy Canal Project will continue under Robin VanAuken for the next stage of excavation. 
* We also have students digging this summer in Greece, Spain, and Hawaii.

      SUMMER 2006: SIX at GEZER, THREE in EGYPT, and FIVE in MUNCY, plus Idalion Study Session
For the Summer of 2006, Lycoming College had three projects going: 
* First, Lycoming hosted a study session for publication of the Excavation at Idalion, Cyprus, bringing together the Idalion excavation team in Williamsport to work on publication. 
* Second, Lycoming became an official sponsoring consortium school for the Gezer Excavation Project in Israel, which ran
June 4 - July 7, 2006.  Lycoming had five students joining Dr. Robin Knauth on this project. 
* Third, the Muncy Canal Project continued under Robin VanAuken, excavating the lock-tender's cabin. 
* We also had two students over in Egypt with visiting faculty Margaret Cohen, participating in the Penn State dig at Karnak.

      SUMMER 2005: ELEVEN in CYPRUS and EIGHT in MUNCY
For the Summer of 2005 we again had two digs -
We had ELEVEN over in Cyprus digging at Idalion under the direction of Pamela Gaber (including two Lyco students returning as supervisors and another as Registrar for the dig, plus Lycoming faculty Robin Knauth), and another seven dug locally in May Term at the Muncy Canal Project under Robin VanAuken, who taught "Methods in American Archaeology" (HIST 259) as a May Term course in cooperation with the Muncy Historical Society.  In addition, two other students participated in field schools in New York and Maryland.

      SUMMER 2004: NINE in CYPRUS, ONE in EGYPT, and SIX at SNYDER
For the Summer of 2004 we again had two digs -
We had NINE in Cyprus digging at Idalion under the direction of Pamela Gaber (including two Lyco students returning as supervisors), and another SIX dug locally in May at the Thomas Lightfoote Inn and at the Snyder Site in Williamsport along with the North-Central Chapter of the Society for Pennsylvania Archaeology and the Lycoming County Historical Museum, under the direction of Jim Bressler, with Robin VanAuken teaching "Methods in American Archaeology" (HIST 259) as a May Term course.  In addition, one of our students joined the Penn State dig in Egypt this summer under the direction of Dr. Donald Redford.

      SUMMER 2003: SEVEN in CYPRUS and TWELVE on CANFIELD
For the Summer of 2003 we had not one but TWO digs scheduled -
We had SEVEN in Cyprus digging at Idalion under the direction of Pamela Gaber, and another TWELVE dug locally in May Term at Canfield Island in Williamsport (Riverfront Park) along with the North-Central Chapter of the Society for Pennsylvania Archaeology and the Lycoming County Historical Museum, under the direction of Jim Bressler, with Robin VanAuken teaching "Introduction to North American Archaeology" (HIST 258) for the first time as a May Term course. 

SUMMER 2001 and 2002:
Our dig for Summers 2001 and 2002, organized and led by Dr. Steve Johnson  
under the expert direction of Dig Director Dr. Pamela Gaber, visiting faculty at Lycoming 
(formerly with the University of Arizona), was at 
Idalion in Cyprus!

      Check out the Idalion brochure on the Religion Dept bulletin board, or click above for the latest info!

SUMMER 2000:
Our Summer 2000 dig was at Megiddo in Israel - the biblical "Armegeddon"! 
The Megiddo dig is jointly run by:
Tel Aviv University (Israel Finkelstein, David Ussishkin) in Israel and 
Pennsylvania State University (Baruch Halpern).

For information on other digs, link to the web site of the
Biblical Archaeology Society

Note the nice shot of Ashkelon here from Biblical Archaeology Review.
We had students digging here in SUMMER 1999!

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      Students interested in Egyptian Archaeology are encouraged to apply for the Penn State dig at Mendes,
Egypt, directed by eminent Egyptologist Dr. Donald Redford (dbr3@psu.edu).
Dates for 2001 were 6/8-7/6.  Space is limited, so apply early!

“What do these stones mean?” –Joshua 4:21
              

Archaeologists are the “sleuths of antiquity” who discover the treasures of history buried in the dust of centuries, searching out the ancient origins of culture, and “digging up the Bible”!

Last updated May 18, 2007

For more information contact:  

Program Coordinator Dr. Robin J. DeWitt Knauth at (570)321-4298, knauth@lycoming.edu
Dig Coordinator Dr. Steven R. Johnson at (570)321-4283, johnson@lycoming.edu

Or visit the Lycoming College web site at: http://www.lycoming.edu

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