El-Araj
September 13 – September 27, 2024
other
The Search for Bethsaida-Julias
The El Araj Excavations Project is an ongoing investigation of Roman-period Bethsaida-Julias on the shores of the Sea of Galilee. It enters its eighth season of excavation of Roman, Byzantine, and Crusader material remains. In recent years, the project has received considerable attention for its discovery of a lost, legendary basilica reportedly built over the house of the Apostles Peter and Andrew in Bethsaida.
In the coming seasons, it will focus more effort to opening squares of the Roman-period settlement that likely represents Herod Phillip’s urbanization of the fishing village of Bethsaida into a small Roman polis that he named Julias.
Details
Geographic Location
Sea of Galilee, Northern Israel
Dates of the Dig
September 13 – September 27, 2024
Minimum Stay
2 Weeks
Application Due
Saturday, June 1, 2024
Academic Credit/Cost per Credit/Institution
Contact for more details
Accommodations
Volunteers will be housed in Beit Haccerem, Migdal, Israel.
Cost
Directors
Mordechai Aviam: Kinneret Academic College
Steven Notley: Kinneret Academic College and Yeshiva University
