[SunkenCiv]

The weird thing, a lot of digs in Israel and elsewhere in former Biblical lands are more or less privately funded; it's even pretty easy to find digs where you can participate for the price of a (very expensive) luxury cruise, meaning you're paying for the privilege of moving a lot of dirt under a blazing Sun, and maybe, possibly, unearthing an artifact (which will probably be a featureless potshard).

And yes, if I had the money, I'd be doing that right now. ;')

[SunkenCiv]

Join a dig, BAR list:
http://www.bib-arch.org/bswbDigBAR.html

Join a dig, AO list:
http://www.bib-arch.org/bswbDigAO.html

2005 summer study abroad programs:
http://www.bib-arch.org/bswbDigSumstudy.html

BAR dig scholarships:
http://www.bib-arch.org/bswbDigScholar.html

Archaeology mag fieldwork opportunities:
http://www.archaeological.org/webinfo.php?page=10015

[ApplegateRanch]

I can do that a lot more cheaply and comfortably. The Mammoth Site is less than two miles from where I sit. Every year, volunteers can spend 2 weeks doing the grunt work...and it is INDOORS and AIR CONDITIONED! They built a permanent building over the fossilized sink hole full of mammoth (and other) remains.

Mammoth Site