The Center for Near Eastern Archaeology

Join us TOMORROW, 8 December, for La Sierra's second annual Giving Day, including special events like our online Conservation Conversation with CNEA's Fulbright Fellow Dr. Ziad Al-Saad (12pm PST)! To view Giving Day events and to donate, go to lasierra.edu/givingday. You can also give online by texting "givingtogether1" to 71777.

Archaeology Discovery Weekend starts TOMORROW! Have you registered? It's not too late - visit lasierra.edu/cnea/ to learn more and sign up. In-person and online - take your pick! See you there.

Be sure to save your seat for the 13th annual Archaeology Discovery Weekend: Southwest Turkey! Join us in-person or online for presentations from world-renowned scholars, our classic Bedouin hospitality tent, and the Kids’ Dig! More information and registration at lasierra.edu/cnea/discovery-weekend. Photos of Pergamum from the Pictorial Library of Bible Lands. #centerforneareasternarchaeology #archaeologydiscoveryweekend #southwestturkey #pergamum #lasierrauniversity

Drs. Larry Herr, Doug Clark, and Larry Geraty will be chatting with Eisenbrauns about the latest MPP volume - `Umayri 9 - on Wednesday, November 3rd!

We can’t wait to celebrate Alumni Weekend with you on April 16 and 17, 2021! La Sierra’s Virtual Homecoming includes all your favorite events - including the annual Archaeology lecture! - and some new fun activities to bring us all together. Check out lasierra.edu/homecoming to learn more about our special Gather.Town platform, where you can attend meet and greets, chat with friends and classmates, and much more. #LaSierraHomecoming21 #changeyourworld

A little Easter fun for your upcoming weekend.

Incredible finds recently in Israel! New DSS fragments and the world's oldest-known woven basket!

Covid-19 has been hard on all of us. Jack Green of ACOR shares a bit about its widespread impact on the archaeological community, and hopes for how things might begin to improve within the next year.

Did you know that the Center for Near Eastern Archaeology publishes a newsletter three times a year with the latest updates on CNEA happenings as well as current archaeological news stories from the Ancient Near East? Here you can learn about our upcoming events and excavations, recent acquisitions, partnerships, specific artifacts in our collections, and there's even a new section featuring archaeology-themed puzzles or games! To check out our newsletters, go to https://lasierra.edu/cnea/la-sierra-digs-newsletter/. If you would like to subscribe (we typically email once a month or less - no spam!), please send an email to [email protected] with the subject "Sign Me Up for La Sierra Digs".

Thanks to our friends at ACOR for sharing our latest newsletter! Check it out at https://lasierra.edu/cnea/la-sierra-digs-newsletter/

Great news for our friends at ACOR and the preservation of Jordanian cultural heritage! Congratulations!

Want to learn more about archaeology and the Bible? Check out the TV series, "Excavating the Bible"! These episodes were recorded by the Loma Linda Broadcasting Network in 2016-2017 and still air there, but they are also available on their YouTube channel and via our website at https://lasierra.edu/cnea/galleries/videos/.

Video recordings of Archaeology Discovery Weekend 2020 are now available on our website! Go to lasierra.edu/cnea/galleries/videos to view. We split our 3-hour conference into 10 bite-sized portions for easier consumption. We hope you enjoy - bon appétit! (Automatic closed captioning provided by YouTube. Improvements will be made as time permits. If you have any questions, please contact us.)

ICYMI - Here is the recording of Dr. Douglas Clark's lecture for the American Center of Research which took place Tuesday, 19 January 2021. Enjoy!

Lecture is about to start! You can join on Zoom or on Facebook Live via ACOR's facebook page. Read below for more info...

Don't forget to register for the upcoming lecture on Tuesday, January 19th (9am PST)! Go to acorjordan.org/events to learn more and to register!

**FREE ARCHAEOLOGY LECTURE** The American Center of Research in Amman, Jordan presents Preserving the Cultural Heritage of the Madaba Region... Together: The Madaba Regional Archaeological Museum Project (MRAMP) and Recent Community Archaeology, a virtual lecture by Dr. Douglas Clark on Tuesday, 19 January 2021, 9am PST/12pm EST (7pm in Amman). Register online at https://acorjordan.org/events/.... Hosted on Zoom for up to 100 participants and live-streamed on ACOR’s YouTube channel beyond that.

We are so grateful to everyone who has supported us this far! We simply cannot do what we do without the support of our friends like you. So, thank you! Giving Day proper may be over, but the opportunity to give carries on for the rest of the month. If you’d like to donate to CNEA, click on the link below. https://app.mobilecause.com//givingtogeth/team/Archaeology