Part of the excavation group at the Tall el-Hammam Pottery Dump where the non-diagnostic pottery is taken after the daily pottery reading by the archaeologists
Dr. Steve Collins research based upon Genesis 13 and the geography and archaeology of the region
Kikkar of the Jordan River Valley. Dr. Steve Collins research based upon Genesis 13 and the geography and archaeology of the region
Good view of the Jordan River Valley and the Kikkar that shows the disk where the Cities of the Plain including Sodom and Gomorrah were located (Genesis 13)
Tall el-Hammam, the biblical Sodom and largest of the Cities on the Plain, showing both upper and lower tells with the hot springs in the middle where most of the trees grow
Tall el-Hammam, the biblical Sodom and largest of the Cities on the Plain, showing the upper tell
Carrying up the equipment to the excavation site
View of banana fields to the south from lower tell
Upper Tall from Lower Tall
Dr. Steve Collins and Field Archaeologist Gary Byers hold the Trinity Southwest University agreement with the Kingdom of Jordan Dept. of Antiquities
Lower Tall excavation squares
Sheresa getting her square ready
Upper Tall
Steve McAlister having fun as usual
Dr. Collins and Gary Byers working on a square
Blue Mosque from the Lower Tall
Gary working on his locus documentation and pottery bucket tags
Walls in excavation squares
Delivering archaeological equipment to the excavation site
Upper Tall from hot springs area
Hiking back from Lower Tall to the bus at the mosque
After arriving back at the hotel, Jake fills up the pottery buckets with water
Lots of 4,000- to 5,000-year-old dirt on that pottery. Better scrub hard to get it off!
JoAnn and Gayle washing pottery after a day digging
Tim washing some pottery
Pottery reading by Gary Byers and Steve McAlister with Hal Bonnette, John & Marlene Young, and G.K. looking on
G.K. inspecting her square's pottery basket
Pottery basket
Bead
Sherd with bitumen on it
Egg Plant field
Abu Ahkmed with Hussein and Dr. Collins
Baptism Supermarket, unfortunately no ice cream over Christmas!
Sunset from the Movenpick Resort with the lights of Bethlehem and Jerusalem on the hilltops
Tim sifting the cave debris
Rex excavating the cave
Boy, do I need a shower after excavating that cave, my man-cave!
Cave bone in-situ that we will gently excavate shortly...
Ken in Arab dress
Steve and Ken looking at our in-situ bone that has been extracted
Amman boy scouts helping with sifting
Lunch at Abu Musa's home
Dr. Collins inspecting Abu Musa's wonderful IBA pottery
Carol looking over the pottery
Field Archaeologist Gary Byers admiring a wonderful find
Dr. David Graves with some pottery
A feast of beef and chicken set for kings and queens! Thanks Abu Musa!
Mohammed is hungry!
Hussein, the good listener!
Dr. Steve Collins, Abu Musa, and Gary Byers share a moment of laughter, no doubt that Gary told a joke
Mount Pisgah on the way from the Movenpick Resort to the excavation at Tall el-Hammam
Mount Nebo on the way from the Movenpick Resort to the excavation at Tall el-Hammam
Qumran and Jericho from the Movenpick Dead Sea Resort
Jericho from the Movenpick Dead Sea Resort
Tall Rama on the way to Tall el-Hammam
Boy and his cow in a truck
Abu Musa's home where we had lunch one day
Abu Akhmed's home where the women had tea one day
King Hussein's Winter Palace
Tall Iktanu on the way to Tall el-Hammam
Blue Mosque on the hill to the south of Tall el-Hammam
Military Base at the intersection of main roads on the way to Tall el-Hammam and overlooking the Jordan River Valley
The Harem of women, Carroll, Gayle, G.K. JoAnn, and Sheresa on the Pottery Dump
Dr. Collins and Ken look at some of the pottery found next to the cave
Visit from the local military commander
Steve looking over an oil lamp
Inside the cave tomb
Dr. Collins and Abu Ahkmed with his favorite edible herb
Exciting find, an Egyptian scarab
Egyptian scarab with hieroglyphics
Rex not only dug up ancient pottery but also the night diggers pick that they lost in the heap of dirt they removed from the tomb
Tall Kafrayne (Gomorrah)
Where is the shaft for the shaft tomb?
Rex poking his head out of a tomb/cave that he was excavating
Is that the shaft?
Checking out other cave tombs
Searching for the Roman cistern in the banana field
Large Roman building of 40 meters by 35 meters in size right above the Hot Springs with Roman tile of large size
2,000 year-old air hockey anyone?
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Lunch shawarmas and orange pop with Jordanian flies
Sink hole
Abu Ahkmed's home
Kafrayne Dam
King Hussein Winter Palace
Ken's hat being blown down the road by traffic
