In connection to the excavations where I've been working for a few months, we have already talked about cranes, our container storeroom, a cat, and a cow's tooth.
Today we add a cheerful element of the workplace:
CAMARADERIE!
Issa, Abu Kamal, Abu Samer, and Yusef--four of my thirty workmates."C" is also for CANAANITE vessels in a burial CAVE.
Here Rahed has just discovered some Middle Bronze Age pottery quite high up in his cave.
By the end of the day (Monday) he had discovered ten (!) jugs in that one little area.Before we removed them, our director, archaeologist Zvi, used the big camera to shoot the official photo of the finds.
The Canaanites lived in the land more than 4,000 years ago.
Sounds very rewarding! Neat that you enjoy finding these ancient items, and wonderful that you feel camaraderie with your co-workers. Thanks for sharing.
ReplyDeleteUh - that must have been exciting, huh? Wonderful!
ReplyDeleteCheers, Klaus
This is perhaps the most unique post for ABC Wednesday-C.
ReplyDeleteBravo
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Another wonderfully informative post! Thank you Dina!
ReplyDeleteWow, great find already. So exciting!
ReplyDeleteDina, your work sounds so fascinating.
ReplyDeleteOh, thanks for that! I love seeing artifacts in place.
ReplyDeleteWhat a place to live! I haven't been reading blogs long, but it's so amazing to me that whenever I've read about your digs, you find things. How exciting.
ReplyDeleteIt sounds like they were a messy bunch, leaving all of that cookware lying about! ;)
ReplyDeletenice "c" posts. i like the last shot. i wonder how they discovered that.
ReplyDeletethose urns in the earth look incredible!
ReplyDeleteO MY how exciting! clay pots I presume. how lucky to find
ReplyDeleteAmazing. It must be exciting to find these things. What will happen to them? Will they go in a museum somewhere or are they put in a warehouse or sold?
ReplyDeleteHow wonderful to re-live that period! It must feel like that when you unearth the past?
ReplyDeleteWhat magnificant finds! Congratulations to you and your co-workers! Petra
Its amazing what you are finding, what an experience it must be.
ReplyDeleteCool! As "Bear Naked" wrote, a very unique post for ABC Wednesday!
ReplyDeleteOh my gosh! This is so cool, Dina. What an extraordinary experience you're having. You've certainly found treasure.
ReplyDeleteOh...I see all I had to do was scroll down a bit further to see what's going on at the dig....wow. This is exciting!
ReplyDeleteSeeing the artifacts in place, as usElaine put it, is mesmerizing. Also vital; I've read that an artifact loses its meaning when removed from its context without being documented, which is one reason looting is a crime. Your work is of paramount importance. Thank you for photographing it for us!
ReplyDeleteI'm just as glad you photographed your coworkers. Tell them hello from me!
Utterly fascinating and exciting to find the ancient pottery. Thank you for sharing.
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