Meet The Team
Dr. Tawfiq Da’adli
Co-director of the project
Senior lecturer at the Hebrew University in Jerusalem departments of Islamic and Middle Eastern Studies at the. Born and raised in the city of Lod.
Dr. Yuval Gadot
Dr. Alon Shavit
Co-director of the project
CEO of the Israeli Institute of Archaeology
Lecturer at the Tel Aviv University department of Archaeology and Ancient Near East Cultures. Yuval was one of the pioneers in Community archaeology in Israel.
Initiator and co-director of the Ancient Lod Community Archaeology Project.
The Ancient Lod Community Archaeological Project is directed by the Israeli Institute of Archaeology, a Non-Profit Organization with the following goals:
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Developing Scientific Archaeological Research
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Initiating community archaeological projects
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Presenting archaeology to the general public
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Developing archaeological sites.
The Institute functions as the executive branch of the Sonia and Marco Nadler institute of Archaeology at the Tel Aviv University.
The Israeli Institute of Archaeology staff includes PhD Archaeologists, preservation experts, tourism experts and graduate students.
About Us
Hai Ashkenazi
Digital Research and Information Specialist
PhD candidate at the Tel Aviv University department of Archaeology and Ancient Near East Cultures, specializes in the Early Bronze Period.
Miri Pines
Director of the Community archaeological excavation at Lod
PhD candidate at the Tel Aviv University department of Archaeology and Ancient Near East Cultures, specializes in the Classical Periods
Boaz Gross
Ancient Lod Community-Archaeological Project coordinator
Director of Qardom-Archaeological Services at Israeli Institute of Archaeology, PhD candidate at Tel Aviv University
Nabil Bargita
Community coordinator
Teacher, Born and live in the city of Lod.
School archaeological class instructor
Archaeologist at the Israel Antiquities Authority. Resident of lod.
Samer Dalasha
School archaeological class instructor
Archaeology Student at Tel Aviv University