South Tiberias Harbor Project
The south Tiberias harbor project is headed by Dr. Emmanuel Nantet, head of the Laboratory for Nautical History and Archaeology. The excavation, located along the shore of the Kinneret (Sea of Galilee) in the southern sector of modern Tiberias, seeks to shed light on an area where a section of the city wall, extended by a jetty constructed in hydraulic mortar, once stood. Perpendicular to this wall, a long structure extending southward has been interpreted as either a quay wall or an additional fortification. Despite the high-water level of the Kinneret, excavations were carried out between 2020 and 2022, supported by the Israel Science Foundation (grant no. 512/19) and the Labex Archimede program (“Investir L’Avenir,” ANR-11-LABX-0032-01). A further excavation season is planned for Fall 2025, taking advantage of the recent significant drop in lake level to reach deeper archaeological layers.