A young boy from the village tends sheep in the ruins of Umm el-Jimal. First excavated in 1984, the altar was moved in 1998 to the Department of Antiquities office in nearby Mafraq. A door lintel in the courtyard of the domestic complex west of the Julianos Church exhibits the inscription of a Latin cross. Upper level of the Praetorium in Area B Dr. Janet Brashler and the Area CC tomb team celebrate another great excavation day with ice cream cones. Area CC The rising sun marks the beginning of a new day above the Klaudianos Church and the rest of Umm el-Jimal.
Sunrise sparkles through one of the arches in the West Church.
The sun peeks through early morning mist and clouds over the Klaudianos Church. The setting sun exposes the striking colors of the interior of the West Church, showing the west entry wall and south partition wall. Edie Dunn, of the University of Minnesota-Duluth, does structural analysis at the Julianos Church. Anne Albers makes a note about excavation in an Area R.19 probe. At the Umm el-Jimal Girls' School, Sally de Vries hires workmen from the village for a season of field work.