Archaeology in Israel
Join us on a Dig
June 21 - August 2, 2025
We are looking for volunteers!
3-week and 6-week programs available.
As of January 2025, a summer excavation is planned.
Plans are subject to change in accordance with updates to published security advisories regarding travel to Israel.
Dedicated to the study of Levantine history and culture over the last five thousand years.
Our Mission
The Tel Shimron Excavation seeks to understand the ancient world, including the world of the Bible, through rigorous archaeological investigation, in order to provide resources for the study of Levantine history and culture over the last five thousand years.
Our Progress
Through the use of sophisticated technology and methods, Tel Shimron Excavations has uncovered a fortified Canaanite city (1800 - 1200 BCE), fragments of a First Temple period Israelite city (destroyed by Assyria in 734-2 BCE), a Hellenistic farming outpost supplying the port of Acco, a first century CE Jewish community, and Mamluk farming village.
During the 2024 season, our team of world-renowned experts recovered a vast cache of rare cultic objects used some 3,800 years ago by the ancient Canaanites.
When Academic Rigor and a Collaborative Spirit Meet
Participating in an excavation at Tel Shimron is unique because we combine one of the world’s most sophisticated archaeological field schools with an impressive collaboration between institutions, academic and technical experts, and volunteers hailing from a wide range of professional and academic disciplines.
Working in collaboration with…
The Weizmann Institute of Science
The Helen and Martin Kimmel Center for Archeological Science supports interdisciplinary investigations involving both on-site archaeological excavations and laboratory research.
Scholars and Experts by Period
Our research ideas spring from the excellent work in the region done by so many other archaeologists. We hope that our answers will lead to even more questions in the coming years as we seek to piece together the deep history of the Jezreel Valley and Galilean Hills from the early Bronze Age to the Islamic period.
Scholars and Experts by Technique
Our team includes experts in stratigraphy, osteology, archaeobotany, zooarchaeology, geology, semitic epigraphy, and microarchaeology, as well as Geographic Information Systems and OCHRE Data Management.
“I got really valuable practical experience with professional archaeologists and had so many opportunities to learn hands on.”
“I was able to engage with the culture surrounding me and learn through experience instead of reading a textbook.”