University of Pikeville students piece together history in Armington 422
0Written by Michael Lewis
On Thursday, Oct. 19 in Armington 422, Dr. James Browning, associate professor of religion; Tommy Chamberlin, University of Pikeville alumni president; and Scott Stripling, director of excavations of the Associates of Biblical Research came together to host “Text and Trail: A Symposium of Archaeology and the Bible.”
The open house displayed the work of Browning’s Religion 390 students.
A first century bag jar was an item from Shiloh that students and UPIKE staff got the opportunity, “of putting a piece of history back together,” Chamberlin said.
This opportunity was sanding the bottom part of the bag jar so it would fit back on to the jar.
“I like to think of this event as a meeting place or a communal well so that students and staff can make connections and partnerships with researchers to help bring history back to life. Also to explore the world and have a lot of fun in the process,” Stripling said.