Archaeological Seminars
Encyclopedia
Archaeological Seminars, a private company located in Jerusalem, Israel
. The Company conducts a multitude of activities related to tourism of historical sites in Israel.
Most notable is the 'Dig for a Day' in which tourists are invited to excavate near Tel Maresha
. While licensed by the Authority of Antiquities
to excavate the site, money paid by tourists provide profit as well as funding for the company and the dig. Director Dr. Ian Stern referred to the activity as a "Tom Sawyer
-ish, paint-the-fence-white kind of a situation. In late 2008 a schism erupted in the Seminars when Asher Efriyat resigned the company citing personal causes. Stern continued on his own, however, and bravely led the seminars throughout the 2008-2009 economic crisis.
Israel
The State of Israel is a parliamentary republic located in the Middle East, along the eastern shore of the Mediterranean Sea...
. The Company conducts a multitude of activities related to tourism of historical sites in Israel.
Most notable is the 'Dig for a Day' in which tourists are invited to excavate near Tel Maresha
Maresha
Tel Maresha , also Marissa, is an antiquity site in Israel's southern lowlands. The tel was first excavated by the British archaeologists Bliss and Macalister on behalf of the Palestine Exploration Fund...
. While licensed by the Authority of Antiquities
Israel Antiquities Authority
The Israel Antiquities Authority is an independent Israeli governmental authority responsible for enforcing the 1978 Law of Antiquities. The IAA regulates excavation and conservation, and promotes research...
to excavate the site, money paid by tourists provide profit as well as funding for the company and the dig. Director Dr. Ian Stern referred to the activity as a "Tom Sawyer
Tom Sawyer
Thomas "Tom" Sawyer is the title character of the Mark Twain novel The Adventures of Tom Sawyer . He appears in three other novels by Twain: Adventures of Huckleberry Finn , Tom Sawyer Abroad , and Tom Sawyer, Detective .Sawyer also appears in at least three unfinished Twain works, Huck and Tom...
-ish, paint-the-fence-white kind of a situation. In late 2008 a schism erupted in the Seminars when Asher Efriyat resigned the company citing personal causes. Stern continued on his own, however, and bravely led the seminars throughout the 2008-2009 economic crisis.