Matthew Adams
New Articles on Early Bronze Age Megiddo
Fresh from the oven: two new articles on Early Bronze Age Megiddo just been published. Check them out: M.J. Adams, I. Finkelstein and D....
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Matthew Adams
- Jan 31, 2023
It Takes a Village to Dig Up an Ancient City
The work at Megiddo is a product of many students, volunteers, scholars, labs, and schools joining forces to bring forth the ground...
Matthew Adams
- Nov 3, 2021
Pre-Season Registration, Season 2021
To our dear Megiddo friends from all over the world–we hope you are all staying healthy and doing well! The situation in Israel is...
Matthew Adams
- Oct 14, 2021
Exciting updates about the 2022 Season!
Are you ready to dig this summer? The Megiddo Team is busy preparing for the first day of excavation on June 26th, 2022. We hope all of...
Matthew Adams
- Jun 5, 2021
TAU’s studants visited Tel Megiddo
Last Thursday the students of The Institute & Department of Archaeology TAU had a fascinating tour at Tel Megiddo led by Prof Yuval...
Matthew Adams
- May 24, 2021
Unfortunately 2021 Season is canceled but save the date for our next season in June 26th 2022!
We have been so happy to see such a huge group of people express interest in the excavations at Megiddo and the prospect of digging this...
Matthew Adams
- Apr 22, 2021
Our co-dierctor Israel Finkelstein was elected to the American Academy
We are very proud to share that our co-dierctor Israel Finkelstein was elected to the American Academy of Arts & Sciences as an...
Matthew Adams
- Apr 14, 2021
New Visitor center opens in Megiddo!
Every year many tourists visit Tel Megiddo to see how the place bearing the biblical name “Armageddon” actually looks like. Many of them...
Matthew Adams
- Feb 14, 2021
Restoration of the six-chambered gate
Following the 2018 excavations in the area of the Iron Age gates, the National Parks Authority completed the restoration of the western...
Matthew Adams
- Feb 14, 2021
A new web-series about the archeology and history of ancient Israel with our co-directors Israel Fin
A new web-series made possible by the Shmunis Family Foundation. Each episode features a conversation between our co-directors Israel...
Matthew Adams
- Feb 14, 2021
Long Distance Trade in the Middle Bronze
A recent article published in the journal PNAS, based mainly on samples from Megiddo, reports evidence for trade with the Central/Eastern...
Matthew Adams
- Jan 26, 2021
Update for 2021 Season
Thank you to all of you who have pre-registered for Megiddo 2021! It makes us happy to see so many folks excited at the prospect of...
Matthew Adams
- May 28, 2020
Ancient DNA at Tel Megiddo
A joint study, that we’ve conducted at Tel Megiddo (finds and historical interpretations) with Harvard (extractions) and Hebrew...
Matthew Adams
- Jun 6, 2018
Pre-Season Interview with the Directors: Matthew J. Adams
Why dig at Megiddo? Megiddo has an incredibly rich history and tremendously long span of time is represented in its archaeological...
Matthew Adams
- Jun 1, 2018
Pre-Season Interview with the Directors: Mario Martin
Why dig at Megiddo? There really isn’t just one reason why I enjoy digging at Megiddo. The site, its location, the research we produce...
Matthew Adams
- May 13, 2018
How to Pack for the Summer- Pro Tips from Area Supervisor, Erin Hall
Erin is a Ph.D. candidate at Tel Aviv University, writing her dissertation on cult in the Northern Kingdom of Israel. She is also a staff...
Matthew Adams
- May 1, 2018
Pre-Season Interview with the Directors: Israel Finkelstein
Why dig at Megiddo? Because it is there… (just joking). We dig at Megiddo because it is the most celebrated site for the Bronze and Iron...
Matthew Adams
- Dec 27, 2017
Congratulations to Area H Supervisor Melissa Cradic on submitting her PhD. dissertation!
Last week Melissa submitted her PhD dissertation titled “Transformation in Death: The Archaeology of Funerary Practices and Personhood in...
Matthew Adams
- Dec 23, 2017
Photo Contest Winner!!
So we couldn’t really make up our minds which photo is the best Megiddo photo, because every picture at Megiddo is a winner!!! Here are...
Matthew Adams
- Nov 22, 2017
SBL 2017
At this year’s Society of Biblical Literature Annual Conference had an entire seat was dedicated to the excavations at Tel Megiddo: The...
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