At this time we would have proudly announced the 2006 field- and study-season of the German-Finnish-Swiss excavations at Tel Kinrot on the North-western shore of the Sea of Galilee, which was supposed to take place from August 6 to August 25, 2006. 24 volunteers and 22 staff-members originating from 10 different countries were curiously awaiting another exciting and enlightening dig.
All our plans, investments and hopes, however, did not materialize for obvious reasons and we had to cancel this year's expedition without substitution (the current situation does not even allow a small group of specialists working at the site). Instead of that, we changed our publication plans and are now intensively working on the publication of Kinneret II, which is supposed to go to the printer before the next excavation season scheduled to take place in August/September 2007. We hope that those of you working and/or living in the region are in safety.

The University of Mainz produces a movie about our work at Tel Kinrot (concept: Wolfgang Zwickel; camera: Markus Sauerwein; camera assistant: Ruth Scheerer; length: 20:01). The movie documents the work of team-members and specialists during field work. It is a real must for those in participating in the excavations. The movie is downloadable at the University of Mainz homepage.

You may also – though in a lesser quality – view it here (Quicktime required).