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Dr. Jessie Pincus Ben‐Avraham, Bar Ilan University, Ground Penetrating Radar
Hanan Shafir, photography
DreAnna Hadash, artist
Bernard Tram, pottery restoration
Shai Schwartz, recording
In addition to the staff members, there were students from University of Nebraska at Omaha, Rocky
Mountain College, Creighton University, Hartford University, West Virginia State University,
Northwestern College, and Nazareth College.
Noteworthy are our long times standing volunteers digging with us for numerous years. Among them
are Kelen and Emmit Wilson, Reginald Bolich.
The Excavations
Four areas were excavated during this season at Bethsaida. Area A West, east of the city gate, Area A
city gate, Area A plaza and Area C.
Area A West
This area includes remains of early Roman residential area adjacent to the temple and some
fragmentary walls dating from the Middle Ages.
Locus 2048 Grid C, D, 54 Stratum 2
This locus initially started in 2007 and combines loci 2043 and 2044 into a new locus. It contains early
Roman potter, glass, and fishing weights.