Summer archaeology adventure
for young readers — and it's free
We have a summer archaeology adventure for you, your students, your family and other people young and old in your circle. It’s free.
I’ll be writing for VirtualDig.org again this year, covering our excavation at Hippos in northern Israel. Here’s a sample:
Two young women, only 21 years old, are experienced archaeologists. More about Julia and Emilia is at this site — the kind of material we’ll post regularly.
By checking the Web every weekday in July, you can read about our finds, our excitement and our ideas about what happened in this mysterious dead city.
Hippos, on a low mountain overlooking the Sea of Galilee, was important in Roman times and became an early Christian center.
It grew poorer after repeat invasions. Finally, an earthquake destroyed it about the year 748 CE.
This July, you can follow our progress — and puzzlement — as we excavate the Northeast Church. Was it a healing center? Will we find another magic amulet? Or another tomb?
As we dig, we welcome e-mail questions from all ages. We’ll do our best to provide answers.
In fact, sometimes we may have questions for you: What do you think happened here?
We'll update probably five days each week July 2-27.
Check this site daily and click Dig It! The Blog. Or you can subscribe to receive updates using your aggregator. Information on how to do so is at the site. (If you don’t know how to use an aggregator — a young friend might!)
Please contact me with questions or ideas.
Forward this to as many friends as you like. We look forward to having you join us! See you at Hippos in July!
Marc Hequet
VirtualDig.org
Concordia University
St. Paul Minnesota USA
I’ll be writing for VirtualDig.org again this year, covering our excavation at Hippos in northern Israel. Here’s a sample:
Two young women, only 21 years old, are experienced archaeologists. More about Julia and Emilia is at this site — the kind of material we’ll post regularly.
By checking the Web every weekday in July, you can read about our finds, our excitement and our ideas about what happened in this mysterious dead city.
Hippos, on a low mountain overlooking the Sea of Galilee, was important in Roman times and became an early Christian center.
It grew poorer after repeat invasions. Finally, an earthquake destroyed it about the year 748 CE.
This July, you can follow our progress — and puzzlement — as we excavate the Northeast Church. Was it a healing center? Will we find another magic amulet? Or another tomb?
As we dig, we welcome e-mail questions from all ages. We’ll do our best to provide answers.
In fact, sometimes we may have questions for you: What do you think happened here?
We'll update probably five days each week July 2-27.
Check this site daily and click Dig It! The Blog. Or you can subscribe to receive updates using your aggregator. Information on how to do so is at the site. (If you don’t know how to use an aggregator — a young friend might!)
Please contact me with questions or ideas.
Forward this to as many friends as you like. We look forward to having you join us! See you at Hippos in July!
Marc Hequet
VirtualDig.org
Concordia University
St. Paul Minnesota USA
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