Here we are, in Jaffa. This is a lovely overlook area just for people like us.
This, of course, is our fearless leader.
This is the harbor across the way from us. I could see people playing on the beach just off the picture to the right.
This is the Jaffa Museum
We are standing at the top of the tel. What a view.
this is also on top of the tel.
We are standing at the top of the tel. What a view.
this is also on top of the tel.
This is one area where excavations continue. Behind me is a snack bar with tables and some SHADE!!!
Ignore the white thing hanging in the front. Look up and behind -- those are bats. They've made a home inside the framework of the building. There were HUNDREDS of them in there. (Did I mention that they are bigger than any bat I've seen in orem?!
More bats. They used to store things in this space but obviously bat doo-doo isn't good for storing.
The only thing I didn't like about the roof-top work shop was the smell from the bats. I guess you'd get used to it. But, this is where they bring their finds from the dig and examine, label etc. them. They have really cool machines that take lazer pictures of the piece and turn it into a 3-dimentional picture that they can flip around and see all the sides on the computer screen. They have a microscope that can help them read tiny markings or see faded colors etc. Pretty amazing. Kent, of course, brought home more pot shards!
These are our 2 faculty members and the archeologists.
Ignore the white thing hanging in the front. Look up and behind -- those are bats. They've made a home inside the framework of the building. There were HUNDREDS of them in there. (Did I mention that they are bigger than any bat I've seen in orem?!
More bats. They used to store things in this space but obviously bat doo-doo isn't good for storing.
The only thing I didn't like about the roof-top work shop was the smell from the bats. I guess you'd get used to it. But, this is where they bring their finds from the dig and examine, label etc. them. They have really cool machines that take lazer pictures of the piece and turn it into a 3-dimentional picture that they can flip around and see all the sides on the computer screen. They have a microscope that can help them read tiny markings or see faded colors etc. Pretty amazing. Kent, of course, brought home more pot shards!
These are our 2 faculty members and the archeologists.
This is their view from their work shop! Pretty awesome, huh?!
This is the site where they found a gate built for Rameses. Remember that this site is surrounded by a city.
This is the actual gate, preserved in the museum. The museum is very small and you can tell not abundantly blessed with the money to really present things as they would like to.
I took a picture of what I like -- pottery. Kent took a million of everything else! :) These were found here in Jaffa.
This is an ancient fountain that sits beside a busy street in Jaffa. The ancient and the modern live all mixed together.
Sorry -- somehow I deleted this picture and I can't put it back in this very spot.
This is the site where they found a gate built for Rameses. Remember that this site is surrounded by a city.
This is the actual gate, preserved in the museum. The museum is very small and you can tell not abundantly blessed with the money to really present things as they would like to.
I took a picture of what I like -- pottery. Kent took a million of everything else! :) These were found here in Jaffa.
This is an ancient fountain that sits beside a busy street in Jaffa. The ancient and the modern live all mixed together.
Sorry -- somehow I deleted this picture and I can't put it back in this very spot.
Look at this beautiful flowering bush, growing up the building!
Minaret and the dome of a mosque in Jaffa. The red signs with the white line -- "Do not enter"
Shops along the street
A walkway among the streets
Following the folks to lunch.
Minaret and the dome of a mosque in Jaffa. The red signs with the white line -- "Do not enter"
Shops along the street
A walkway among the streets
Following the folks to lunch.
We were on our way to lunch here.
Clock tower in the center of Jaffa.
Looking at the street from the restaurant where we ate lunch.
I finally got to have my falafel!!! From left around the table: The little hat is Jacob Muhlestein (he's 3), Julianne Muhlestein, Kerry Muhlestein (one of the faculty), the archeologists who showed us the sights, whose names I can't remember any more! Frank Judd (faculty) and a little bit of Kent!
AND HERE IS MY FIRST FALAFEL OF 2010 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Clock tower in the center of Jaffa.
Looking at the street from the restaurant where we ate lunch.
I finally got to have my falafel!!! From left around the table: The little hat is Jacob Muhlestein (he's 3), Julianne Muhlestein, Kerry Muhlestein (one of the faculty), the archeologists who showed us the sights, whose names I can't remember any more! Frank Judd (faculty) and a little bit of Kent!
AND HERE IS MY FIRST FALAFEL OF 2010 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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