QUMRAN III - Tentative Itinerary

May 12

5:00 am – Meet at United counter at DFW.
6:39 am – Depart DFW on UA 1521.
11:00 am – Arrive at Newark.
3:55 pm – Depart Newark on UA 84.

May 13

9:25 am – Arrive in Tel Aviv.
Visit Caesarea, Jezreel Valley, Megiddo, Muhraqa, Tiberias, Sea of Galilee. (Lodging at Golan Hotel in Tiberias.)

May 14

Tour Galilee: Capernaum, Mount of Beatitudes, Tel Dan, Caesarea Philippi, Golan.

May 15

Leave Tiberias; tour Beth Shan on way to Jerusalem. Visit Mt. of Olives and Gethsemane. (Lodging at Jerusalem Gold Hotel.)

May 16

Tour Jerusalem: City of David, Western Wall, Jewish Quarter. Depart for Qumran mid-afternoon for check in and orientation.

May 17

Dig begins. We will probably start with breakfast around 7:00 and begin working at 8:00. We will stop for lunch and then work the afternoon. There will be some evening lectures.

May 19

Tour Jerusalem: Israel Museum, Old City, Church of the Holy Sepulchre, Church of Flaggelation, Garden Tomb, Ben Yehuda Street after Shabbat.

May 26

Visit Masada and Ein Gedi.

June 2

(TBD)

June 7

Our last day to dig. We will clean up and head out for dinner and then on to the airport.
7:00 pm – Dinner at Abu Gosh.
11:10 pm – Depart Tel Aviv on UA 91.

June 8

4:20 am – Arrive in Newark.
7:00 am – Depart Newark on UA 1217.
9:40 am – Arrive at DFW.