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Jericho (Tel es Sultan)
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Jericho (Tell es Sultan), West Bank
Lush garden near
Tell es Sultan recalls the ancient
city's exotic beauty
Ancient spring with Dame Kenyon's
trench in the background
Excavated structures
View of the Jordan Valley
from atop the ruins
Khirbet el Maqatir, West Bank
Pulling dig supplies out of storage at kibbutz Yad Hashmona
Ah, organized dig supplies, ready for tomorrow morning wake-up at 4:30am
Me with my dig square team. Who knew playing in the dirt could be so fun?
Dr. Wood inspecting our dig square (reminding me a bit of Indiana Jones :-)
Our awesome security team sharing sweet tea with a local shepherd
Dr. Wood displays an infant burial jar
to reporters from Jerusalem
Isra'el (Under Construction)
Re-creation of an olive press
Grape arbor
Watch tower
Bedouin Tent
Italy (Under Construction)
Carraia Bridge, 11th or 12 Century CE
Florence, Italy
Etruscan Arch, 3rd Century CE
Volterra, Italy
United Kingdom - I didn't dig in London, but the treasures I found at the British Museum are priceless!
The Queen of the Night, inspiration for the goddess in Moonfall
(Mesopotamian, circa 1750BC. THIS IS ONE BAD BUT BEAUTIFUL LADY. Either Ishtar, goddess of sexual love & war or her sister, Ereshkigal, goddess of the underworld. Originally painted in red, she wears a horned headdress and holds the rod and ring of justice, symbols of divinity. Multi-colored wings hang down, & her legs end in talons. She stands on the backs of two lions. Plaque made of baked straw-tempered clay.)
Moonfall's guardians play this game in the barracks where King Nur incarcerated Rachav's father.
(Royal tombs of Ur, circa 2300BC. The "twenty squares" game board is exquisitely detailed in lapis lazuli, shell, and red limestone. Used for war games, betting, and fortune-telling. Upper right corner is the best part--an intact rules tablet.)
This ornate gold headdress is worn by Moonfall's Queen Supoket
(Ur, circa 2500BC, worn by a royal woman buried with approximately 70 attendants, all of whom apparently drank poison to accompany the queen into afterlife)
Rosetta Stone
Okay, it's not from the Late Bronze Age, but this is a must-see for anyone visiting the British Museum!
North England - Along and Near Hadrian's Wall
Section of Hadrian's Wall
near Birdoswald
Lanercost Priory, Cumbria
Site of frequent Anglo-Scottish Battles; it was attacked
by Robert the Bruce
Excavations at Vindolando, an important Roman fort on Hadrian's Wall
Excavated Roman Road at Vindolando