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We just had a farewell party to Mrs. Vera Damov who served as the Digitizing Lab Manager as from 2006 (Vera is on the right). We wish her and her family all the best in their new location abroad and welcome Mrs. Anat Regev who replaces her.. The salvage excavation in the Quarry of Nesher, City of Ramle in its third year. In April 2006 the Institute has started a salvage excavation in the site of Nesher quarry. The quarry is located by the city of Ramle, near Tel-Aviv. The excavation is headed by the archaeologist Shlomo Kol-Yakov. The project is sponsored by Nesher Israel Cement Enterprises Ltd. The excavations here lasted for a year and a half due to the special nature of the dig. Among the finds here one could mention: few dozens of burial caves have been revealed so far in what seems to be a Second Temple Period grave yard. The caves, most of are collapsed and rubbed, are carved into the soft rock; An underground tunnel systems which served as a hideout. The final report for the two first years is about to be published soon. Opportunity to join our Summer 2010 excavations: - H'irbit Maytha Excavations - A Middle Bronze Age site at the north of the Jordan Valley. Dates of Excavation: Summer 2010. Contact: Shay Bar - Tel Dor Excavations Project - On Israel's Mediterranean coast, excavating this year Iron Age to Hellenistic remains. Dates of Excavation: 5.07.10-12.08.10. Contact: Dr. Ayelet Gilboa - Hippos Excavations Project - Hellenistic-Ummayad City of the Decapolis on the shores of the Sea of Galilee. Dates of Excavation: 4.07.10-29.07.10. Contact: Dr. Michael Eisenberg - Misliya Cave Excavations Project - A collapsed prehistoric cave located not far from Haifa, on the western slopes of Mount Carmel, overlooking the Mediterranean. Dates of Excavation: Summer 2010. Contact: Yossi Zaidner - El-Wad Excavations Project - A collapsed prehistoric cave located not far from Haifa, on the western slopes of Mount Carmel, overlooking the Mediterranean. Dates of Excavation: Summer 2010. Contact: Reuven Yeshurun Department's Seminar. Available via the net: A. Segal, J. Mlynarczyk & M. Burdajewicz, Excavations of the Hellenistic site in Kibbutz Sha’ar-Ha’ Amakin (Gaba), 1984-1998: final report, Zinman Institute of Archaeology, Haifa 2009 Cost - $94, shipment to the US - $12, to Europe - $10. Contact: Michael Eisenberg.