Since I’m hopping all over the globe, I thought I might as well hop in topics, as well. In this jet-lag induced state, I won’t notice any lack of continuity, and therefore, you shouldn’t, as well. I’ll come back to Israel, don’t worry. It was while we were engaged in archaology on Virginia’s Eastern Shore…
I could make many meaningful comments about the Holy Land, and I will, I’m sure. But for now, let’s just say that there are other more pressing matters that are gaining my attention, such as why my rental car sounded like it was going to blow up from the first second that I got it…
The very fact that my husband read the recent blog, and then desired to comment, is against his nature of “Do Not Become Involved”. But here is the Italian-American side of the Russian-American family, giving his own comments, which are suspicious enough because all of his arguments are involving places not located in the U.S.,…
Benedetto is directions-challenged. Our oldest son’s tennis playoffs were happening in a distant city and we wanted to make the trek. Naturally, I had scoped out the tennis center in that part of the world, but my husband insisted he had his own directions. I was happy for him to take the initiative. Not so…
All I can say is that archaeologists work up an appetite. I’m not sure if it’s the hard, physical labor, or being outdoors in the fresh (and alternating hot and freezing) air, or what. When it comes time to eat, most archaeologists don’t pack anything with much dazzle for lunch– hummus and pita, leftover pasta…
A Colonial den of iniquity is all I can say. We had been plunked down in a tiny town, numbering around 281 souls, which dated back in continuous courthouse records to 1632, referring to John Smith’s map of the area in the early 17th century and had Daniel Boone’s signature from land surveys in the…
Our four-day weekend of an archaeological field school took place in a very small town on Virginia’s Eastern Shore near the Chesapeake Bay. The historic area and the survey excavation work on the village green drew students, professionals, and retirees from all over the country, including points as distant as Miami, Florida, and Seattle, Washington. …
I could never be on those Survivor-like reality shows, you know, the dirty hair, the tattered clothes, the lack of niceties and amenities…. In actuality, I’ve been cast in real life for the upcoming archaeological field school and the similarities are striking. My biggest question: how to blend in? This last year I focused on…
We took about a long lunch break and ducked into the Sackler Gallery of Art in downtown Washington, DC. The Cyrus Cylinder was on display, loaned from the British Museum, its first stop on a US tour. This iconic artifact of Biblical history was discovered in 1879 in Babylon, and has a most amazing story…
Up in the middle of the night, it was Monday morning and time to saddle up and head on out. My son was due at another tennis event. Through rain, snow, sleet and hail, he and Mama had to prevail. The forecast was for snow. It had started snowing in DC the night before, however,…
