I’m Leading A Tour!

Over the years, I’ve been approached many times to lead tours of Israel and other places e.g., Spain, that I’ve written and made films about. I never agreed to do it because it just didn’t feel right – until now.

I’ve been recruited by Eitan Chamberlin, CEO of Florida and Jerusalem based Samson Tours. Eitan has a Masters degree in archaeology and is a seasoned field archaeologist. He’s also a certified tour guide in Israel. He’s young, innovative and knowledgeable. Eitan has created a unique tour group approach to travel in Israel. With Samson Tours, travelers can customize their experience online in terms of arrivals and departures, hotel upgrades and more. In this way, he’s created maximum flexibility, reasonable prices and removed the middleman. He books it, he runs it. Most importantly, he knows his stuff. So I’ve signed on to provide my own Simcha/”Naked Archaeologist” spin on things, and to take people off the beaten track of “Holy Land” travel.

Eitan moves like the wind, and he’s already created our first tour. It’ll take place September 14-24, 2014, just before Rosh Hashana, the Jewish new year. What better way than a tour of Israel to end one year and start a new one. You can find the itinerary here. As you can see, we’ll hit all the must see highlights as well as some less traveled locations e.g., Bethsaida in the Galilee, Magdala’s latest excavations and the Maccabean synagogue at Modi’in. We’ll even take travelers to the tomb of the last Hasmonean king of Israel, which is presently under a private person’s home!

So sign on fans for this “out-of-the-box” tour opportunity. http://samsontours.com/group-tours/861-the-naked-archaeology-tour

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I look forward to meeting you guys and sharing adventures, dinners, stories and theories about our ancient past.

Check out my latest blog in the Times of Israel: Pink, the Oscars and the… rebirth of Israel?