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Made the Front Page

kylesorkness — Mon, 15 Aug 2011 05:37:41 +0000

An article about my experience on the dig made the front page of my local newspaper, the Daily Journal. You can read the online version of the article here.

Upcoming Dig Presentations

kylesorkness — Tue, 09 Aug 2011 02:28:04 +0000

Now that I’m back from the dig, I’ve been given a couple opportunities to share about my experience. 1. I’ll be giving a half-hour presentation for the Fergus Falls Noon Kiwanis group tomorrow, August 8, at 12:00 p.m. 2. Having given a pre-dig presentation at my home congregation, I’ll now follow-up with an hour-long post-dig [...]

Dig Day 30: Home, Sweet (and Greasy) Home

kylesorkness — Sat, 06 Aug 2011 01:21:25 +0000

This post is a record of July 30, 2011, but was written later. I ended the day 29 post as our plane was boarding. I decided to continue here since the next events technically took place after midnight (using Israel time), making it day 30. Having said that, it was actually very confusing to try [...]

Dig Day 29: Leaving Israel

kylesorkness — Sat, 06 Aug 2011 00:07:02 +0000

This post is a record of July 29, 2011, but was written later. On day 29, move-out day, we had one more square to finish. Here’s the before photo. Yes, it was our room at the kibbutz. Now, I don’t want to give him too much grief, but you’ll notice that the mess, or “filth”, [...]

Dig Day 28: All Good Things Must Come to an End

kylesorkness — Fri, 05 Aug 2011 02:24:03 +0000

This post is a record of July 28, 2011, but was written later. Day 28 was our last day on Hippos. This meant it was the last morning of waking up before the sun and boarding the bus at 4:45 a.m. It was the last time we trusted the bus driver to make it up [...]

Dig Day 27: Last Day of Digging

kylesorkness — Thu, 04 Aug 2011 23:32:13 +0000

This post is a record of July 27, 2011, but was written later. Because the last day is set aside for cleaning the dig site and taking photos, day 27 was the last day of actual digging. This meant that if we were going to finish G9, it would have to happen this day. Again, [...]

Dig Day 26: Craziness in G9, American Pride, a Potential Treasure Hoard, and a Party Boat

kylesorkness — Mon, 01 Aug 2011 17:03:52 +0000

This post is a record of July 26, 2011, but was written later. Darryl and Anna were back today as we continued work on G9. Dr. Schuler basically put as many people as possible on G9 in an attempt to finish it before the end of the week/season. This meant that the G9 team consisted [...]

Dig Day 25: The One That Didn’t Get Away

kylesorkness — Mon, 01 Aug 2011 14:44:36 +0000

This post is a record of July 25, 2011, but was written later. I spent all of day 25 working with Darryl and John’s teams (although I’m not sure it makes sense to talk about set “teams” like this anymore because people have been being moved around so much) on G9. As I wrote in [...]

Dig Day 24: A Fountain, a New Square, and a Third Inscription

kylesorkness — Sun, 31 Jul 2011 22:51:20 +0000

This post is a record of July 24, 2011, but was written later. At the beginning of the season, most of us were waking up at 4:00 a.m. so we’d have ample time to get ready. As the season went on, I think we started sleeping in as long as we could. I’d get up [...]

Dig Day 23: Hiking As Rest?

kylesorkness — Sun, 31 Jul 2011 21:06:17 +0000

This post is a record of July 23, 2011, but was written later. In previous years, Dr. Schuler has hiked up Hippos during the free weekend so he can get some measurements that he doesn’t have time to take during the normal work time we have up on the hill. He asks if a couple [...]