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| March 19, 2019 |
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| Membership Info |
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| A Home for ASOR: An Update on an Amazing Challenge Gift |
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In January 2018, we set the goal to of raising $1.5 million to purchase, furnish, and maintain an enduring home for ASOR in Alexandria, VA. We are also thrilled to report that a new challenge gift of $450,000 will ensure that ASOR meets and even exceeds our $1.5 million goal. Read More ... |
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| March Fellowship Madness: Week 3 |
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We have raised $2,345 of the $6,000 goal, but more help is needed. If you donate to March Fellowship Madness, you directly affect the careers of young archaeologists. Every gift matters. ASOR does not charge any administrative fee for gifts made during March Fellowship Madness, so 100% of your contribution will support students who have a demonstrated need. Give the tools that fellowship recipients need to succeed in the field! Read More ... |
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| 2019 Annual Meeting Plenary Address |
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Dr. Eric H. Cline will give the plenary address at the 2019 ASOR Annual Meeting, “Dirt, Digging, Dreams and Drama: Why Presenting Proper Archaeology to the Public is Crucial for the Future of our Field.” Dr. Cline is Director of the GWU Capitol Archaeological Institute and Co-Director of the Tel Kabri Archaeological Project. He is a National Geographic Explorer, a Fulbright Scholar, an NEH Public Scholar, an award-winning author and teacher, and an active field archaeologist. Read More ... |
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| Annual Meeting Survey Winners |
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Thank you to everyone who participated in our Survey on the Future of the Annual Meeting! We received over 550 responses, and we appreciate all of your input. Two survey participants were randomly selected to win our “thanks for participating” prize and were awarded a $50 credit for the ASOR online store. The two winners are Michele Stopera Freyhauf and Daniel Machiela. The Ad Hoc Committee on the Future of the Annual Meeting is analyzing the results, and a report from them will be out soon! |
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| New ASOR Publication: Archaeological Reports Series, 26 |
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The Archaeological Survey of the Desert Roads between Berenike and the Nile Valley: Expeditions by the University of Michigan and the University of Delaware to the Eastern Desert of Egypt, 1987-2015, edited by Steven E. Sidebotham and Jennifer E. Gates-Foster, is volume 26 of the Archaeological Reports Series. This publication brings together the work of two survey teams who worked independently to explore and document the archaeological remains along the routes connecting the Nile Valley cities of Koptos (modern Qift) and Apollinopolis Magna (modern Edfu) to the Red Sea port city of Berenike in Egypt. Read More ... |
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| Fellowship Report: Grant Ginson |
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Grant Ginson, recipient of the 2018 Strange and Midkiff Families Excavation Fellowship, writes about what he learned studying finds from the Town of Nebo Archaeological Project, located in Jordan. Find out more in his report, "The Study Season: The Less Exciting But Still Important Counterpart of the Field Season." Read More ... |
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