By Adam Kuntz The first week of the study season is done and we hit the ground running. It was a busy week filled with arrivals, settling in, lots of cleaning, and organizing projects. We all started our individual projects…
Field Trip #4 – Amman Citadel and the Desert Castles
By Jude Olszewski The fourth field trip was not too far from home on Saturday the 14th of June, as most of the sites were located in the city of Amman and the surrounding desert to the east. We…
Week 4 – June 8 to 12, 2014
By Emilee Lawrence This week on site has been one of the more eventful weeks spent here at Mukhayyat. Up until the beginning of this week, we had spent the majority of our time excavating and moving hundreds of guffahs…
Field Trip #3 – Petra and Wadi Rum (Part 2)
By Hillary Lockhart After the exhausting yet amazing day at Petra we made our way to a Bedouin campsite in Wadi Rum where we stayed the night. As we approached the campsite we could see the landscape starting to change.…
Field Trip #3 – Petra and Wadi Rum (Part 1)
By Alex Di Paolo We visited the site of Petra on Saturday June 7th 2014, and man was it ever an adventure. My friends and I actually started jumping around and squealing like children on Christmas morning when we finally…
Week 3 – June 1 to 5, 2014
By Laila Hack There are a lot of words that can be used to describe the past week of excavation; windy, tiring, and tough, but also interesting, fun, and fruitful. For the last week and a half or so, it…
Special Blog Entry: Cleaning Up Tell Madaba
By Leah Moncada We wake up at the luxurious hour of 8 am. Sunday May 24th was a national holiday in Jordan, so instead of stumbling to the Nescafe jar at 4 am, we get to wake up with the…
Field Trip #2 – Jarash and the North
By Josh Pullman Gadara What a free for all! We were unleashed on this site, to crawl over every available surface, climb its pillars and simply wander. Free range historical parks are the best sort. The West Theatre being a…
Week 2 – May 25 to 29, 2014
By Ashley Paling Week two of the excavation came and went extremely quickly! Sunday was Jordanian Independence Day, so we decided not to wake up our neighbours at 4:30am, and had a “late” start, beginning at 9:00am. We also altered…
Field Trip #1 – Madaba Walking Tour
By Luke Bellissimo Our first field trip consisted of a walking tour of Madaba. Prior to the outing, I had no idea that Madaba was a city full of such historical significance! Our first stop on the tour was the…