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Testament Archaeology Book ProjectAfter years of guiding, teaching and collecting material about the New Testament and its archaeology, In 2007 I started creating an illustrative guide book that will provide the main information for every site and find mentioned in the New Testament. Find out more here |
Testimonials Here is a recent testimonial of a guest of Intercure, an Israeli high tech company: I want to thank you for a wonderfully enjoyable and intellectually rich tour through ancient Jerusalem on Saturday. It was truly one of the best tours I've experienced (and I've traveled all over the world). Much more on the testimonials page. |
Travel If you are planning to visit the Holy Land, you are welcome to contact me with a request for a specific itinerary; or allow me to suggest to you a schedule. Click here for some suggested destinations for a single day trip |
Archaeological Newsletters (Australia) Here you can see scans of my reports over the last decade to Diggings, a periodical devoted to Biblical Archaeology, published in Australia. |
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My Publications and Experience Being an archaeologist with over 15 years of experience of guiding tours, lecturing, writing, and consulting, I can offer various services in the field: I am the guide of the main public relations office and the Institute of Advanced studies of the Hebrew University; I teach at the national tour guide course; I have a column in Australian periodical Diggings devoted to Biblical Archaeology and more... |
Articles These are links to a set of articles reporting on sites and artifacts related to the New Testament, as much as possible according to a Chronological order. They are all off-prints from DIGGINGS. |
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Photo and Video Gallery Visit my photo gallery to see highlights of my tours, as well as videos from around Israel |
Prices and Contact Find out prices for an archaeological tour, a lecture or consultation to production, as well as contact information. |
TOUR GUIDE JOKES
This page is deovoted to the uncodumented yet genre of "tour guide jokes". Many I heard from others, some I made up. Colleagues and gifted jokes tellers are more then welcomed to contribute to this page. It cannot be done "on line" yet, so just email the joke you have in mind to info@DannyTheDigger.com
I promise full credit to all contributers !!
JOKES BY SITES
At the Western Wall - "You can connect to the LORD anywhere, but here it is a local call." (A rabbi from "Temple institute")
At Petrus Galikantu Church - "why did Peter deny Jesus? It's obvious ? because Jesus healed his mother-in-law.."
At the top of Mt. Tabor - "Why did Jesus turn white on the top of Mt. Tabor ? If you walked all the way up, you too will turn white, from lack of blood.."
Viewing the Jewish cemetery at Mt. Olives - "Ressurection is promised to all when the Messiah will come, but these are like front row seats.."
At the Red Sea - Question: "What happens to a black man, who wears a yellow bathing suite, and he goes into the Red Sea"
Answer: "He gets wet.."
Mount of Olives – "Here a plot for a tomb is in very high demand, because by Jewish tradition these are "the front row seats" for when the Messiah will appear, and the resurrection will begin.. a burial plot here starts at $80,000.-
I guess you could say here people "are dying to get in" :-)
Self Answered Questions
Nothing like a a few questions at the end of a tour "to check" if the group was listening.. The first anxiety gives place to smiles and laughs at hearing the questions. Here are a few samples..:
- "In which region is the Sea of Galilee?"..
- "How long was the "Six days war?"..
- "Next to which sea were the "Dead Sea Scrolls" found?"..
- "After whom is the city of David named?"..
- After whom is Tiberias named?..
- And Herodium?...
- Where were the "Lachish letters" found?...
