During the Time of Jesus Bethsaida served as the birthplace of three Apostles Peter, Andrew and Philip and a place where Jesus performed many miracles, it is one of the most frequently mentioned towns in the New Testament.

A DAILY SCHEDULE

Work requires various levels of physical conditioning, but there is a job for everyone. Work includes digging, sifting dirt, washing pottery and finds and sorting and cataloguing finds.

• Work days are Monday - Friday
• 5:30am – 12:30 pm Daily work begins
• 9:00 am. – 9:40 pm Breakfast at the site
• 1:00 pm Lunch at the hotel
• 4:30 pm – 6:30 pm Lab works “pottery reading”
• 7:00 pm Dinner
• 8:00 – 9:00pm Lecture

BETHSAIDA PARTICIPATION COST / 2009

Triple and Double room rates are priced “per person”*
Prices reflect progressive discounts of $20 for each week of participation

Prices include:

• Breakfast on site.
• Room and board, lunch and dinner are served at the Kibbutz’s hotel.
• Transportation from the airport one time at the beginning of every session.
• Transportation to and from the site

ACCOMMODATIONS

The expedition participants are housed in air-conditioned cottages at Kibbutz Ginosar Inn on the western shore of the Sea of Galilee. To learn more about Kibbutz Ginosar, visit their website at:

http://www.ginosar.co.il

Services available at the Kibbutz:

• All participants must arrange for international health and personal insurance coverage through their own universities and carriers.
• The participation fee includes a laundry service done once a week.
• Participants may use the swimming pool of the Kibbutz hotel.
• Clinics and a hospital are available in the town of Tiberias, a few miles away from Ginosar.  

INFORMATION AND ENROLLMENT

BETHSAIDA EXCAVATIONS PROJECT
University of Nebraska at Omaha
International Studies and Programs
Arts & Sciences Hall 238
Omaha , NE 68182-0227

Tel. 402/554-4986; 402/554-3108
Fax: 402/554-3681

http://www.unomaha.edu/bethsaida/

rarav@mail.unomaha.edu