Guest Photographer for the Blog

Greetings,

Today I thought I would share some of the wonderful photos of one member of our team, Dr. Friedbert Ninow. Friedbert is President of the Theologische Hochschule Friedensau, a seminary in Germany. In addition to his teaching, he has also been excavating in Jordan for more than twenty years. He is camera shy himself but he has a gift for photography and is a wizard with Photoshop.

So here is a sample of some of his work.

We have many types of thorns and thistles on the site. They can be beautiful but also quite painful. Here are two examples.

We also share the site with various critters including several lizards. This one blends in well with the weathered basalt.

Here is nice image of one of the thornbushes highlighted by the rising sun.

This is Dr. Don Garner, Carson Newman College, explaining the work in Area A. Don has been with KRP since the beginning in 1995.

This is Josh Carter an undergraduate student at Carson Newman College.

This is one of our bus drivers, Salah. he has worked with us since 1997.  

When Salah wants to take a nap he likes to get away from the noise and dust of the site so he drives out about a mile into the Fajj.

This is our other bus driver, Hussein. He has been working with us since the very first season in 1995. Both of our drivers have become a part of the team. They help us in so many ways and they are our good friends.

Christiann Da Silva, a recent graduate of Johnson University, is a second generation KRPer. His father Valdecy has also worked at the excavation several seasons.

I have not mentioned the important work of surveying at the site. Jeremiah McLeod, a student at Johnson University, is also and experienced surveyor and he is doing a great job.

The entire site is mapped with a grid, much like the game battleship. In fact all of the squares have been designated. The surveyor makes sure that we stay within our gridlines. He also helps us get elevations so we can place all of our finds in a 3D grid.

I will share more of Friedbert's pictures later.

John Wineland
Jordan