Educational excavation at Chorazin

ARCHAEOLOGY: Tourists and Child Archaeologists Break New Ground at Ancient Chorazin. Sixth-graders unearth homes near the synagogue of Chorazin where Jesus preached. Archaeologist Achia Kohn-Tavor is leading a project to involve everybody – foreign tourists, whole families, toddlers included – in revealing their heritage (Ruth Schuster, Haaretz).

Chorazin's excavation began in 1905, continued in the 1920s, was picked up in 1962 and again in the 1980s, and since 2009, has been pursued by foreign tourists and elementary schoolchildren.

Under the direction of the archaeologist Achia Kohn-Tavor since 2014, this is not a toy excavation. It's the real deal with little kiddies, whole families and foreign tourists paying for the experience to actually dig at a real site for an hour, or a day, or a few days, breaking unexcavated ground and making genuine discoveries.

Besides describing the creative educational approach of the excavation, this long article discusses the ancient site of Chorazin—best known for being cursed by Jesus—in much detail.

For PaleoJudaica posts on Chorazin (modern Korazim), see here and links.

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