Prof. Weis made additional visits to the Middle East during the spring months and during the summer the year before. Part of one visit was associated with the MCOM356, Media and Society--International class that is discussed on the Egypt Class page located elsewhere on this site.  But he also made visits to Israel and the Palestinian territories as part of his continuing research into this area of the world.

Prof. Weis is seen at the tomb of the Pharaoh Tut Ankh Amun in the Valley of the Kings on the west bank of the Nile near Luxor (above). The small tomb for the once insignificant Egyptian ruler was uncovered intact as tomb No. 62 in the valley  by archaeologist Howard Carter and proved to be the richest find of Egyptian artifacts ever. Those items are now on display in the Egyptian Museum in Cairo and seen by WSU students during their visit to Cairo

In the photo on the right below, Prof. Weis is seen in an abandoned Syrian bunker on the Golan Heights in what is now Israeli territory. The Golan was taken in the Six Day War between Israel and its Arab neighbors. In the photo below on the left is a sign warning of the large number of mines that still can be found in the once Arab fortified areas of the strategic Golan Heights overlooking Israel. 

Some additional photos...with explanations below

Pictured above (top row): Prof. Weis east of the Old City of Jerusalem with the Temple Dome of the Rock/Temple Mount in the background (left); and with a sphinx statue in Memphis.

Second row: (left) Celebrating another birthday on a boat on the Sea of Galilee in Israel; Prof. and Mrs. Weis at Saqqara, site of the step pyramid of King Djoser, with the red and bent pyramids at the royal necropolis of Dahshur in the distant background.

Third row: (left) In the Garden of Gethsemane on the slope of the Mount of Olives east of the Old City of Jerusalem; Prof. Weis at Qumran in Israel, site of the discovery of the Dead Sea Scrolls, with some of the caves visible in the background.

Fourth Row: At the tomb of Ramsses VII in the Valley of the Kings near Luxor in upper Egypt (left) and at Khufu's Great Pyramid in Giza.

Fifth Row : On the Via Dolorosa in the Old City of Jerusalem (left); and with Mrs. Weis at the Temple of Hatshepsut in the desert between the Valley of the Kings and Valley of the Queens near Luxor in Upper Egypt.

Bottom Row: (left) placing a hand on the handprint in the wall at the place where Simon of Cyrene was made to help Christ carry His cross to the crucifixion; Shirley Weis rides the "ship of the desert" in the sands of Giza near the pyramids.