Gharandal celebrated America’s birthday in style – we’re on a boat!

AGAP 2015 takes a cruise on the Red Sea

Directors Erin and Robert Darby get to relax!

Craig Harvey wonders why there was no yacht for Canada Day…

Everything is better with flags!

Madeleine Darby takes the wheel

Look at the smart people wearing their hats as they set sail from Tala Bay!

A view of the desert and Darna Village – nice to be on the water instead!

It might be America’s party, but Jordan has some of the best watermelon in the world. Happy July 4th!

The second week at AGAP 2015 saw steady progress in all areas.

Keep digging, Gharandaliens!

Emma and Daniel win the prize for first whole pot of the season!

Emma Pugmire, incoming graduate student in Art History and Archaeology at Mizzou (Go Tigers!) with her goody.

Our Bio-Arch team, aka “The Bod Squad” does its thing in the Roman fort

Is that a visitor? Dr. Megan Perry of East Carolina University drops by to check out the goods and work being done by her former grad students, Jessica Walker & Kathryn Parker.

A Roman coin! Bronze corrodes to a greenish color over time, so diggers have to keep an eye out for the gleam of green. Great job, Coral!

Making shade is an important group endeavor

House Shrub takes a break in the sand

The Bod Squad’s winning entry from the Gharandal 2015 sandfort challenge. Go team!

Thus ends another successful week. Stay tuned for updates from the field!

Digging begins in the bath house!

The team is getting to know the tools of the trade

Taylor shows off the .5 meter stick

Coral brandishes her trowel!

Ashley shows this hoe who’s boss!

Meanwhile…

  A wall emerges in the fort!

Great work, House Shrub!

And how was that marvelous aerial photograph taken, you ask?

 with the world’s longest selfie stick!

Stay tuned for more adventures from the field!

In the words of the Legend of Byron McCane, the answers lie beneath.

It has been a very busy week as the ‘Ayn Gharandal team assembled in Aqaba, Jordan for the start of the 2015 season. Thus far 27 members of the team have arrived and only two lost their luggage in transit! Here are some photos of the team as they settle into their new home on Aqaba’s South Beach:  

The 2015 Season of the ‘Ayn Gharandal Archaeological Project is about to get underway! Please bookmark http://www.agapdigjordan.com for weekly updates from the field and the amazing sites of Jordan.