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Archaeology Discovery Weekend
Join us 15-16 November 2025 for the 17th annual
ARCHAEOLOGY DISCOVERY WEEKEND
featuring lectures on:
ALEXANDER THE GREAT & HOW HE CHANGED THE WORLD
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ADW 2025 REGISTRATION NOW OPEN!
Join us 15-16 November 2025 for the 17th annual
ARCHAEOLOGY DISCOVERY WEEKEND
featuring lectures on:
ALEXANDER THE GREAT & HOW HE CHANGED THE WORLD
Click the image to Download the poster.
ADW 2025 - Registration is OPEN!
Registration is now open for CNEA's 17th annual Archaeology Discovery Weekend featuring lectures from leading scholars on Alexander the Great & How He Changed the World! Please register in advance for all lectures, reception, family-friendly lab activities, and kid's dig. All activities are free to attend! Donations are welcome and greatly appreciated.
Saturday and Sunday, 15-16 November 2025
Follow the links below the event flyer to download the poster, program (draft), and list of family-friendly lab activities (coming soon).
Advance registration for Kid's Dig is required.
Advance registration for lectures, reception, and lab activities is requested.
Not able to attend in-person or online?
Video recordings of presentations will be posted below once they are available.
To access videos or programs of past ADWs, click the links below under "Past Weekend Subjects."
ADW Livestream & Zoom
(Links and info will appear November 1st.)
In Memoriam - Audrey Shaffer (1929-2025)
We proudly dedicate the 17th annual Archaeology Discovery Weekend to Audrey Shaffer, whose years of archaeological service to and through CNEA in the lab and in the field shaped dozens of lives and has left a legacy of professionalism and collaboration emboldened by friendship and purpose that will forever be a part of all we do.
Past weekend subjects
- 2024 - Petra: Ancient World of Wonder
- 2023 - The Dead Sea Scrolls and the Bible
- 2022 - The Pharaohs of Ancient Egypt
- ADW 2022 Video Recordings
- 2021 - Southwest Turkey
- 2020 - A Passion for Preserving the Past
- 2019 - Ancient Churches and Synagogues of the Galilee
- 2018 - Reinventing Biblical Archaeology
- 2017 - Herod the Great
- 2016 - Women in Archaeology
- 2015 - Syria
- 2014 - Ancient Maritime Archaeology
- 2013 - Jerusalem
- 2012 - Cyprus
- 2011 - Egypt
- 2010 - Mesopotamia, with a focus on Nineveh
- 2009 - Jordan, with a focus on Petra
Contact Us
Office Hours
Please call 951-785-2632 for office hours or to schedule a visit.
For questions or information regarding our academic programs or excavations, please email archaeology@lasierra.edu.
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