Author Archives: Lydia Heinrichs
Affirmation through Reconstruction
My recent emergence from the shadowy timber post-holes and decayed Roman villas that constitute England’s archaeological landscape and my plunge back into the comforting materiality of Late Roman cities in Israel has set me thinking about the reuse and reconstruction … Continue reading
A Note on Herod
Elvira again 🙂 Though anyone interested in the potential relationship of Herod the Great to our dig site should first read the blog page dedicated to Omrit’s historical background, I thought I might append a few words on this king … Continue reading
Another Day, Another Lesson
Elvira here. We recent graduates lost access to the Williams network in late June! Many thanks to Lydia for helping me circumvent the problem. “Please don’t write that in your field notebook,” said Mike, one of the directors of the … Continue reading
Over the next few days, Elvira and Lydia will post several photos recording our group’s day trips to various sites around Israel. On one of our favorite trips, we visited Akko (Acre), a Galilean city perched on a small peninsula … Continue reading
As I readjust to life on Kibbutz Kfar Szold, I am struck by just how comfortable I continue to feel on the dig. In large part I owe this feeling to the wonderful people who have made this trip possible … Continue reading
When Jason announced to my square two weeks ago that we had hit bedrock, I know my face fell. This is all? I thought. We had reached no conclusions about our square, except that it was some kind of space … Continue reading
My first full week of work, though certainly intense and tiring, has only increased my fascination with archaeology and ancient history. We began excavating our squares on Monday after the directors divided us into small groups; they placed me with … Continue reading
Perhaps my first impression of Israel during our sleepy two-hour bus ride from Tel Aviv to K’far Szold was of the region’s lush landscape. Northern Galilee does not at all fit my previous mental image of Israel as an arid, … Continue reading