Tall El-Hammam Part 2

[eliyahu hanavi]

I know I haven't been on here in ages!

Dr. Collins:

It is so good to hear of your successes recently. My wife and I keep up with the news and even saw you featured (or discussed) on a program which I cannot remember just now. At any rate, as you may recall, I had long ago come to the realization that the Cities of the Plain were in the northern area of the Dead Sea, but that I am no professional and it was more of a straight read from the Biblical text which led me to that conclusion.

It simply pleases me to no end that others in a position to do so have taken up this mantle and have worn it with pride and distinction. I truly hope to be able to volunteer on one of your digs (for any function!) soon. You may recall that I was and have been going through the court system regarding a personal matter. Well, hopefully that will be finally resolved in August of this year! I hope to be able to do something (maybe even bring my wife and son!) by 2010.

My wife and I discuss these things all the time and just discussed your ongoing work a few weeks ago. She is always so highly interested to hear about those things and she even laughed and said that I still had a scientific inclination. However, she did mention how all of these discoveries (seems to have picked up across the board of late which is interesting in and of itself on a spiritual level) build and strengthen one in the faith that we hold. That is yet another one of the many reasons that I love her so much--besides just putting up with me...LOL.

Well, cheers and Godspeed!

Daniel

[Dr. Steven Collins]

Thanks for the kind words, Daniel. I think you and your wife would enjoy getting the Tall el-Hammam Excavation Project email Updates that are sent out quite often during the year (usually at least one per week, often more), and every day  from the field during the 7 or 8 weeks of the dig season. It's truly an "insider's" look at our ongoing analysis, statistics, theories, and conclusions. Over the past few days we've sent out several revealing statistical analyses of our (recent) final pottery readings through Season Four, and their implications. There is information is these Updates that won't be available to scholars until it's eventually published (some being prepared for publication as we speak), unless they get on board the TeHEP support team with a little donation that qualifies them to receive the Updates (there are some who are doing that!). In order to get these updates you can make even a small donation online at www.shop.tsu-edu.us. I also hope you've found the growing body of material available at the official Tall el-Hammam website, www.tallelhammam.com. Thanks ever so much for following our work, and I do hope you get to join up with us in the field in 2010. Our next season takes place this coming December and January.

SC