Back in the eighth grade, she did a report on the Dead Sea Scrolls that sparked and interest in Biblical archaeology.
And in the summer of 2017, Betty Ray of Carrollton joined the New Orleans Baptist Seminary’s Tel Gezer Water System Excavation Project sponsored by the Center for Archaeological Research.
According to the Center, the Gezer water system excavation is a joint project of the Moskau Institute for Archaeology at NOBTS and the Israel Nature and Parks Authority (INPA) along with Liberty University School of Divinity, a dig consortium member. The excavation is directed by Dennis Cole, Jim Parker and Dan Warner of New Orleans Seminary, INPA chief archaeologist Tsvika Tsuk and Eli Yannai.
Ray participated in this dig in 2015 and again this summer, for two weeks each time. Located at the ancient city of Gezer, about half way between Tel Aviv and Jerusalem in Israel. Continue reading