Blog Detail
Ramat Rachel Archaeological Dig Blog
http://ramatracheldig.wordpress.com/
Blog documenting the 2008 season of the archeological dig at Ramat Rachel.
- Author: Carnadine
- Listed in: History Photography
- Tags: Israel history archeology assyria excavation
Recent Posts
15.08.08 - closing season 4
Day 20 / 20 (100%) Season 4 is over, at least for us volunteers. There’s still a lot of work to be done in analyzing and publishing the findings - but that, at least, is all up to the staff to handle. Turns out that we did some digging after ...
14.08.08 - videos
Day 19 / 20 (95%) All areas finished digging halfway through the day. We spent the rest of our working hours cleaning up the remaining areas - cutting sections and sweeping - to prepare them for the final photography tomorrow. Even though it says 9...
13.08.08 - day 18
Day 18 / 20 (90%) Two more days left. Some of the other areas have already finished; here in C4 we’re racing to both finish digging our squares and prepare them for the final photography. The dirt pile in our area is huge - almost a hill in i...
12.08.08 - the Phoenician alphabet
Day 17 / 20 (85%) Since all the words on Ramat Rachel’s famous seal impressions are written in the Phoenician alphabet, I thought it would be useful to have a brief piece explaining how to read the letters used by the early inhabitants of the a...
11.08.08 - day 16
Day 16 / 20 (80%) One more week to go. We’re working hard to try and finish up in all the areas before the season ends this Friday. We are less people now than we were last week - more people left than came over the weekend - so it’s ...
08.08.08 - day 15
Day 15 / 20 (75%) The third (and so far most exhausting) week of the dig ended today. This was the last full week of intensive work - next week we’ll be finishing the squares we already opened and cleaning up the site for the end of the seaso...
