Update: HRI now has a volunteer staff that totals 5. We are currently seeking funding to support our incorporation/ 501c3 status. We will be meeting with a well established archaeological organization this spring to discuss affliating or combining our institutes. HRI will be presented to the academic world this November 2008 at the Near East Archaeology Society conference in Providence, Rhode Island. If you are interested in attending please visit the NEAS website listed to the right.  HRI now has its own website as well. www.hartmanresearch.org

Current research efforts and publications are as follows:

Donald McNeeley: Worship from the Catacombs -NEAS Bulletin 2007

Donald McNeeley: Worship and the Dead Sea Scrolls -NEAS conference 2008

Reagan Miller: Ancient Near Eastern Physicians: Embalming the Patriarchs- NEAS conference 2008