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Finding My Home at Akko

I have always struggled with homesickness. Whether I am away from my parents for a night or a month, I […]

It’s easy to get caught up in the dirt storm, both literally and figuratively, of an archaeological dig. You must

About Blacksmithing The art of blacksmithing is no longer as common as it used to be. Just about everyone knows

Travelling to Akko, sometimes called Akka or Acre, is not the first time I have traveled abroad. Nor, I suspect,

…O, Lord, my God, I pray that these things never end: The sand and the sea, The rush of the

What could be more wonderful than finding an almost perfect little juglet that has been buried for thousands of years,

By Tasheana Bythewood. Finding out I was going to be able to go to Israel and practice my passion

I’m not going to lie, the last week at Akko was difficult. I was physically and mentally exhausted, almost every

By Emily Ratvaskay Closing Thoughts Introduction My time at the Tel Akko field school was filled with a wide variety

By Caitlin Donahue. When I was in the 3rd grade, I decided that I wanted to be an archaeologist when