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Lecture

Shelley Wachsmann to Speak on Galilee Boat

Readers who were fascinated by archaeologist Shelley Wachsmann’s saga of the excavation and preservation of the Galilee boat (“The Galilee Boat—2,000-Year-Old Hull Recovered Intact,” BAR 14:05) will have the opportunity to hear him speak on the subject on January 7, 1989. Wachsmann is scheduled to deliver his public lecture to the Conference on Historical and Underwater Archaeology, which will be held January 5–9 at the Baltimore, Maryland, Convention Center. For more information, write to Karen Sullivan, 2838 Edgerlea Road, Vienna, VA.

Inspired Idea

Biblical Archaeology Takes to the Airwaves

After excavating at Tel Aphek under the direction of Tel Aviv University professor Moshe Kochavi in 1978 and after reading BAR for many years, veteran reporter Gordon Govier was inspired to create a weekly radio program devoted to Biblical archaeology. The 15-minute show is called “The Book & the Spade.” It airs on WNWC (FM 102.5 in Madison, Wisconsin), a non-commercial station owned by Northwestern College.