Bryan Windle

Help Me Dig At Shiloh This Year

Shiloh 2024

I recently received the news that the Shiloh dig this year has been approved by the Israel Antiquities Authority, and after months of prayer and counsel, ABR has decided it is safe enough in the area we will be (Jerusalem and Shiloh) to proceed with the dig as planned. My wife and I have registered to dig at Shiloh, Israel again from this year. 

Last year

They say a good archaeologist should always be looking down at the ground. Photo: Jenn Windle

Last year the Lord provided the financial support we needed to participate in this mission. We’re trusting that He’ll provide again this year. If you’d like to be a part of our support team, gifts can be given through our GiveSendGo campaign HERE.

Last year we were privileged to dig at Shiloh and experience archaeology first-hand. We spent the first week digging in the north-east corner of a monumental structure that has the same dimensions at the tabernacle. Our working theory is that this is the permanent base of the tabernacle that is hinted at in Scripture (1 Sam. 1:9) and described in the Mishnah. The second week we excavated a burial pit of sacrificial bones and pottery that date to the time of Joshua, when the Israelites began offering sacrifices there. We even discovered a golden pendant, which may have been a piece of jewelry that the Israelites plundered from the Egyptians when they left in the Exodus (Ex. 3:22). 

My wife, Jenn (middle), working at the wet-sift station. Photo: Bryan Windle

You can learn more about my experience as a first-time digger in the Digging for Truth podcast, available here:

You can learn more about Shiloh in my blog, “Three Things in Shiloh Samuel Likely Saw.”

This Year

From May 20 – May 31, 2024, we will be excavating again at Shiloh with the ABR Team where I’ve been asked to serve as an Assistant Square Supervisor. We will likely be working in Area D again, the sacrificial burial pit. There is still much to learn from the Late Bronze Age pottery and animal bones that we’ve been unearthing there. These two weeks of digging will help me complete my excavation practicum for my Master of Arts in Archaeology and Biblical History that I’m working on through Trinity Southwest University. I also hope to continue my research on Jericho for my thesis while I’m in Israel. 

I hope to be able to work with my friend and Square Supervisor Jordan McClinton again. Photo: Bryan Windle

Your support not only helps me on a personal level, it furthers the work of the Associates for Biblical Research (BibleArchaeology.org) whose mission is to demonstrate the historical reliability of the Bible through archaeological and biblical research. 

Please note that any money given will be need to be a considered gift and not a donation; we are not able to provide tax-deductible receipts for these gifts.

Finally, thank you for visiting my website, Bible Archaeology Report. Never in my wildest dreams did I think I’d have over 1 million views of my articles.

Thank you for continuing to read my blogs and for considering a gift towards our trip to dig at Shiloh, Israel in 2024.

Bryan

To support us financially, please click here: https://www.givesendgo.com/GB4YZ

P.S. Here’s a 20-minute video that gives a good overview of ABR’s excavations at Shiloh, the discovery in 2022 of the city gate and a gold star, and the potential discovery of the platform that housed the tabernacle (which ABR hopes to confirm this season):