Reports from the Field: Day 3 @ El Araj

Today we had some fascinating finds as we continue to dig down through Crusader and Byzantine remains and expose more Roman period settlement. In the afternoon Motti Aviam, the director of our excavation guided us at Kursi (site of ancient Gergesa) and the ancient theater at Tiberias. Among our most significant finds were more gold gilded tesserae, a portion of the marble chancel screen from the Byzantine church of Peter and Andrew (still not located), and a Byzantine "M" coin.







