Conference in Leiden: «Archaeology, Architecture and Liturgy»
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International Conference, February 6 and 7, 2012 in Leiden
A very dense network of ancient villages and synagogues is emerging at the moment ion the western shore of the Lake of Galilee. One of them is located on Horvat Kur, currently under excavation by a team of Kinneret Regional Project from Bern, Helsinki, Leiden and Bucharest Universities (www.kinneret-excavations.org). Each of these sites has its own profile and each of the synagogues has its own story to tell about the culture and history of the ancient Galilee. Current excavations at Magdala (Dina Avshalom-Gorni and Arfan Najjar), Khirbet Hammam 15 km south of Horvat Kur (Uzi Leibner from the Hebrew University) and an expedition at Huqoq only 5 km southwest of Horvat Kur (Jodi Magness from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill), offer prime opportunities for comparative research. Read more...
A Big Thank You!
Many may not know how important and vital sponsors and
supporters are in the archaeological business. Though
our universities, faculties and institutes contribute a
lot to Kinneret Regional Project, this endeavor would
not be possible without the generous support we receive
from various foundations, institutions, societies and
private donors. In recent years we received
considerable support from (in alphabetical
order):
Most recently, however, co-directors Jürgen Zangenberg and Stefan Münger have received a significant grant from the White-Levy Program for Archaeological Publications for their project «The Early Iron Age City on Tell el-‘Orēme / Tel Kinrot (Galilee)». The grant is awarded for the academic year 2011/12, but may be extended for another two years until 2014. The prestigious White-Levy Grant for Archaeological Publications is awarded annually to 9-12 projects worldwide to support “research on terminated and unpublished archaeological field work from significant sites in the Aegean, Anatolia, Balkans, Iranian Plateau, Levant, and Mesopotamia”. The generous subsidy will enable Stefan Münger and Jürgen Zangenberg and the involved authors to publish the final reports of the Early Iron Age strata of Tel Kinrot, excavated by Kinneret Regional Project until 2008.
We are honoured to receive this prestigious grant and grateful towards the «White-Levy Program» and all our other – equally important – supporters of our work on the Northwestern shores of the Sea of Galilee.
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Auswärtiges Amt der Bundesrepublik Deutschland
- Deutscher Palästina-Verein
- Deutscher Verein vom Heiligen Lande
- Leids Universiteits Fonds
- Finnish Cultural Foundation
- Finnish Institute of the Middle East
- Leiden University Funds (Byvanck Stichting)
- Netherlands School for Advanced Studies in Theology and Religion
- Romanian Cultural Institute
- Schröter Stiftung
- UniBern Research Foundation
Most recently, however, co-directors Jürgen Zangenberg and Stefan Münger have received a significant grant from the White-Levy Program for Archaeological Publications for their project «The Early Iron Age City on Tell el-‘Orēme / Tel Kinrot (Galilee)». The grant is awarded for the academic year 2011/12, but may be extended for another two years until 2014. The prestigious White-Levy Grant for Archaeological Publications is awarded annually to 9-12 projects worldwide to support “research on terminated and unpublished archaeological field work from significant sites in the Aegean, Anatolia, Balkans, Iranian Plateau, Levant, and Mesopotamia”. The generous subsidy will enable Stefan Münger and Jürgen Zangenberg and the involved authors to publish the final reports of the Early Iron Age strata of Tel Kinrot, excavated by Kinneret Regional Project until 2008.
We are honoured to receive this prestigious grant and grateful towards the «White-Levy Program» and all our other – equally important – supporters of our work on the Northwestern shores of the Sea of Galilee.
