Co-operation
For this project exists a co-operation with the European Commission which provides funds for basic investigations starting in spring 1998 (see table 6).
The following persons and Institutions have been contacted and offered cooperation (in particular requsting the donation of pumice samples from the excavations).
| Prof. Dr. Harald Hauptmann Deutsches Archäologisches Institut in Istanbul, Turkey | Prof. Dr. Gaballah Aly Gaballah Egyptian Supreme Councel of Antiquities, Cairo, Egypt |
| Prof. Dr. Paolo Matthiae Dip. Scienze Storiche Archeologiche e Antropologiche dell´ Antichità Università degli Studi di Roma "La Sapienza", Roma, Italy | Prof. Dr. Paul Åström University of Gothenburg, Sweden |
| Prof. Dr. Vassos Karageorghis Leventis Foundation
Cyprus, Greece |
Prof. Dr. Jacques Lagarce CNRS, Paris, France |
| Prof. Dr. Marguerite Yon Maison de l´Orient Lyon, France | Prof. Dr. Amihai Mazar The Hebrew University, Israel |
| Prof. Dr. David Ussishkin University of Tel Aviv, Israel | ao.Univ.-Prof. DDr. Peter M. Fischer Director The Swedish Jordan Expedition University of Gothenburg, Sweden |
| Prof. Dr. Manfred Bietak, University of Vienna , Austria | Prof. Dr. S. Manning, University of Reading , UK |
| Prof. Dr. W.-D. Niemeier, University of Heidelberg , Germany | Prof. Dr. M. Artzy, University of Haifa , Israel |
| Prof. Dr. Samuel Wolff, Israel Antiquities Authority, Jerusalem , Israel | Prof. Dr. Z. Herzog, University of Tel Aviv , Israel |
| Prof. Dr. L.E. Stager, Harvard Semitic Museum , Cambridge , MA , USA | Dr. F. Berti, Museo Archeologico Nazionale di Ferrara, Italy |
| Prof. Dr. N. Momigliano, University of Bristol , UK | Prof. Dr. P. Warren, University of Bristol , UK |
| Prof. Dr. E.D. Oren, Ben Gurion University of Negev , Beer-Sheva , Israel |