As was mentioned earlier this week, October is Archives month; it also happens to be Archaeology Month. To celebrate Maya Steinborn ’14 and Morgan Ford ’17 put together a small display of notebooks, photographs, and artifacts from the Douglas Edwards papers.
Featured is the work of Professor Douglas Edwards from his early excavations in Khirbet Qana: his journals, a map of where Khirbet Qana can be geographically found, photographs of the dig site, and artifacts discovered there. Edwards was a distinguished professor of Religion at the University of Puget Sound from 1987 until 2008. He initiated the excavations at Khirbet Qana in 1998 and went on to confirm the site as the location of biblical Cana (where the Gospel of John says Jesus performed his first miracle, turning water into wine). The full Douglas Edwards collection includes much more information about the project, such as slides of photographs, detailed lists of findings, and elaborately hand-drawn diagrams of the areas being excavated.
The exhibit is located on the wall near the circulation desk in the library. It will be on display through October.
Stop in and see what else you might be able to find!
Archives & Special Collections Open Hours:
Wednesdays 1:00-7:00 p.m.
Thursdays 9:00-11:30 a.m.
By Morgan Ford