Category Archives: 2015 Trip to Israel and Greece

We have returned to Vilnius to continue research at the Great Synagogue site.  The trip over was long, but uneventful.  I left from Pittsburgh, and went to Newark, then Amsterdam and then on to Vilnius.  The flight into Vilnius was … Continue reading →

January 11th – We arrived at the office of the Archaeology Commission on Rhodes at about 9 AM for a meeting with the Greek officials to pick up our research permit.  Part of this meeting also involved laying future groundwork … Continue reading →

Wednesday January 6th and Thursday January 7th – The journey to Rhodes began with a 7 AM pickup for the Pittsburgh Airport.  The flight schedule to Rhodes was pretty involved.  I went from Pittsburgh to Dulles Airport in Washington DC, … Continue reading →

I am on the road again. With the success of the dig at the Greek Orthodox Church of the Annunciation in Nazareth in June, the church wanted to continue the excavations in August. The dig was reopened on July 22nd. … Continue reading →

Below is the press release for the discoveries at Nazareth and Vilnius.  It was picked up by nearly fifty news outlets now and has garnered some interest. Archaeological Team Finds Ancient Mosaic Floor from the Church of the Annunciation (Greek … Continue reading →

Hello from Newark, NJ.  I am in transit back to Pittsburgh.  We departed Vilnius on Sunday June 28th.  I must say the research went very well.  We completed six GPR grids in all and I was able to complete a … Continue reading →

I am writing this on Saturday early afternoon, June 27th.  Over the past two days we continued data collection and analysis.  As of 6 PM local time Friday (last night) we shut down data collection and have moved into the … Continue reading →

It is now Thursday June 25th and about 1:30 PM in Lithuania.  We have had an interesting two days since I last blogged.  Most of the research team’s time has been spent laying out GPR grids and then collecting the data … Continue reading →

It is the dawn of another day in Vilnius.  It is Tuesday June 23rd.  It rained in the early AM but stopped around 7 AM this morning.  It is 11 AM now as I write this with a slight drizzle, … Continue reading →

After about 20 hours of travel we made it to Vilnius Lithuania.  Pittsburgh ti Newark, New Jersey, Newark to Brussels, and finally Brussels to Vilnius.  We got into Vilnius just after 2 PM on Sunday June 21st.  After unpacking equipment … Continue reading →