Four Grace College students: Carter Schuh, Michael Stauffer, Justin Van Prooyen and Hannah Henderson, and Dr. Mark Norris, dean of the School of Arts and Humanities, recently returned from a two-and-a-half-week trip to Tel Burna, a biblical archaeology site in Israel.

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WINONA LAKE — Hannah Henderson, Justin Van Prooyen, Carter Schuh, Michael Stauffer and Dr. Mark Norris, dean of the Schools of Arts and Humanities at Grace College, have returned from their two-and-a-half week excursion to Tel Burna, the biblical archaeology site located in Israel.

The team helped uncover the ruins of the ancient Levitical City of Libnah. Levitical City of Libnah once served as an administrative and defense center in the ancient kingdom of Judah. This trip helped the four students achieve a six-credit hour field experience, which is a requirement to acquire an archaeology minor at Grace College.

All four students were instrumental in confirming the site was the ancient city of Libnah. 

When the team of college students were not digging, they were attending lectures taught by supervising professors and conducting their own research on the city of Libnah’s deep history.

During the weekends, the group stayed in Jerusalem and toured some Old Testament landmark ruins.

Grace College’s archaeology minor was created in 2015 by history and political science program director, Dr. Jared Burkholder. To make trips like this possible, Grace College partners with the Lanier Center for Archaeology and the Department of Holy Land Studies through Jerusalem University College.

To learn more about Grace College’s archeology minor, click here.