#  Ashkelon Videos 

 



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 The Harvard Museum of the Ancient Near East sponsored archaeological field research into the complex societies of the Near East, with special emphasis on those ancient cultures related to the world of the Bible. Each year more than 100 staff, students, and volunteers participated in the Ashkelon Excavations (The Leon Levy Expedition), led by Museum Director and Dorot Professor of the Archaeology of Israel Lawrence E. Stager. Below you will find videos taken from the field by Harvard Museum of the Ancient Near East Chief Curator, Dr. Adam Aja.



 

##  In the Field 

 



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###    Dig Ashkelon Introduction  expand\_more  

 



 

 

 



 

 

 

 

 



###    Persian Doorways in Israel  expand\_more  

 



 

 

 



 

 

 

 

 



###    Streets Leading to the Sea in Israel  expand\_more  

 



 

 

 



 

 

 

 

 



###    Philistine Pottery Decoration  expand\_more  

 



 

 

 



 

 

 

 

 



###    Iron Age Philistine Vessel from Israel  expand\_more  

 



 

 

 



 

 

 

 

 



###    The Importance of Ancient Pottery Sherds  expand\_more  

 



 

 

 



 

 

 

 

 



###    Bone Doll  expand\_more  

 



 

 

 



 

 

 

 

 



###    Ancient Israelite Plumbing  expand\_more  

 



 

 

 



 

 

 

 

 



###    Ancient Israelite Dice  expand\_more  

 



 

 

 



 

 

 

 

 



###    Students Washing of Sherds in Israel  expand\_more  

 



 

 

 



 

 

 

 

 



###    Ashkelon Highlights  expand\_more  

 



 

 

 



 

 

 

 

 



###    Ivory Lion Blade Handle  expand\_more  

 



 

 

 



 

 

 

 

 



###    History Hiding History in Israel  expand\_more  

 



 

 

 



 

 

 

 

 



###    Walls of Jars in Israel  expand\_more  

 



 

 

 



 

 

 

 

 



###    Ashkelon, Israel Archaeology Lab  expand\_more  

 



 

 

 



 

 

 

 

 



###    Surveying Archaeological Probes in Israel  expand\_more  

 



 

 

 



 

 

 

 

 



###    Archaeologists as Tourists in Israel  expand\_more  

 



 

 

 



 

 

 

 

 



###    Industrial Mosaic Clues  expand\_more  

 



 

 

 



 

 

 

 

 



###    Ancient Persian Puppy Burial  expand\_more  

 



 

 

 



 

 

 

 

 



###    Standing in Ancient Crusader Sumps  expand\_more  

 



 

 

 



 

 

 

 

 



###    Making Sense of Archaeological Debris  expand\_more  

 



 

 

 



 

 

 

 

 



###    Understanding Archaeological Findings  expand\_more  

 



 

 

 



 

 

 

 

 



###    History Washes Into the Sea  expand\_more  

 



 

 

 



 

 

 

 

 



###    Amphoras: Cardboard Boxes of the Ancient World  expand\_more  

 



 

 

 



 

 

 

 

 



###    The Iron Age Strata of the Philistine City of Ashkelon, Israel  expand\_more  

 



 

 

 



 

 

 

 

 



###    Ancient Artifacts Excavated in Israel  expand\_more  

 



 

 

 



 

 

 

 

 



###    Live Excavation of a Late Bronze Age Bowl  expand\_more  

 



 

 

 



 

 

 

 

 



###    Saying Goodbye to Lawrence Stager's Grid 38 in Ashkelon  expand\_more