The Tel Azekah Excavation team is built on an international mix of archaeologists, historians, scholars, scientists, students and volunteers, who travel from across the globe every year to join us in the field.

The excavation is lead by our directors, Prof. Oded Lipschits of Tel Aviv University, and Prof. Manfred Oeming of Heidelberg University. Joining our directors is also Dr. Sabine Kleiman of Tübingen University.

Prof. Oded Lipschits, Tel Aviv University

Prof. Manfred Oeming, Heidelberg University

Dr. Sabine Kleiman of Tübingen University

Our excavation also couldn’t run without our team of fieldwork specialists! It is our pleasure to work with our resident Registrar and Ceramics Expert, Dr. Liora Freud and registrar assistant Daria Leibin Graiver.

Dr. Liora Freud
Registrar and Ceramicist

Daria Leibin Graiver
Registrar Assistant

Alongside the excavation leaders is our incredible administrative team of Maddison Quail-Gates and Daniel Nam!

Meet the 2023 Team

Area A1

Area Supervisor: Noga Rapoport and Avinoam Lehavi

Area Assistants: Gaya Ettinger and John Will Rice

Area E3 Upper

Area Supervisor: Hannah Ripps

Area Assistant: Tilmann Gaitzsch

Area N1

Area Supervisors: Josef Briffa and Christoph Wind

Area Assistants: Tal Nemet and Christoph Wind

Area S1

Area Supervisor: Daniel Nam

Area Assistant: Bouddicca Bell

Excavation Partner Institutions

It is our great pleasure and honour to work with a multitude of quality universities and institutions from across the globe. Our partner institutions are essential to the continued development of the Azekah project.

Our Partner Institutions are represented by leading academics and include;