# Event Details

- **Event Name**: AIAR-FOA Mini-Series Lecture: Yana Tchekhanovets - New Excavations at Nessana, Negev
- **Event Start and End Date**: Wed, 29 Apr, 2026 at 06:30 pm (+03:00)
- **Event Description**: Join us for Yana Tchekhanovets’ AIAR-FOA Mini-Series hybrid lecture, “New Excavations at Nessana, Negev.”

Reception: 18:30 IDT
Lecture: 19:30 IDT | 12:30 EDT

Register to join the Zoom audience:
https://asor-org.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_CTtM1X0gSBGs-z9lPTIGiQ#/registration
No registration required for the reception or in-person attendees

Abstract: The ancient settlement of Nessana, located in the southwestern Negev, on the modern Israeli–Egyptian border, is a key site for the study of early Christian pilgrimage. Serving as the main caravan hub on the Christian pilgrimage road from the Holy Land to Sinai, Nessana enjoys all the economic benefits of the sacred route and develops into a flourishing urbanized village with caravanserais and numerous churches. This lecture will present the preliminary results of the first three seasons of renewed excavations at the site.

Speaker Bio: Yana Tchekhanovets is an archaeologist and professor at the Department of Archaeology at the Ben-Gurion University of the Negev. She specializes in late antique archaeology, Caucasian Christian communities of Byzantine Palestine, and the archaeology of pilgrimage. After many years of fieldwork in Jerusalem, Yana is now a director of the new archaeological project at ancient Nessana, Negev.
- **Event URL**: https://allevents.in/jerusalem/aiar-foa-mini-series-lecture-yana-tchekhanovets-new-excavations-at-nessana-negev/200029926333026
- **Event Categories**: Workshops, virtual
- **Interested Audience**: 
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## Event venue details

- **city**: Jerusalem
- **state**: JM
- **country**: Israel
- **location**: Salah ed-Din Street 26, 9711049 Jerusalem, Israel
- **lat**: 31.7946
- **long**: 35.23201
- **full address**: Salah ed-Din Street 26, 9711049 Jerusalem, Israel, מוג'יר א דין 10, 9712177 ירושלים, ישראל, Jerusalem, Israel

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## FAQs

- **Q**: When and where is AIAR-FOA Mini-Series Lecture: Yana Tchekhanovets - New Excavations at Nessana, Negev being held?
  - **A:** AIAR-FOA Mini-Series Lecture: Yana Tchekhanovets - New Excavations at Nessana, Negev takes place on Wed, 29 Apr, 2026 at 06:30 pm to Wed, 29 Apr, 2026 at 06:30 pm at Salah ed-Din Street 26, 9711049 Jerusalem, Israel, מוג'יר א דין 10, 9712177 ירושלים, ישראל, Jerusalem, Israel.
- **Q**: Who is organizing AIAR-FOA Mini-Series Lecture: Yana Tchekhanovets - New Excavations at Nessana, Negev?
  - **A:** AIAR-FOA Mini-Series Lecture: Yana Tchekhanovets - New Excavations at Nessana, Negev is organized by W.F. Albright Institute of Archaeological Research.

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