Luke Chandler is volunteering at the excavations on the northern side of the Elah Valley and he briefly notes a few items of interest:

• An early Iron Age inscription has been discovered.
• This may be the final season of excavating Khirbet Qeiyafa.
• The excavators have identified the next site they wish to excavate.
• Chandler has also has posted a series of photos from the first week of the dig.

Don’t miss his great photo of a sling stone!