Thursday, September 17, 2009

More Archaeological News


This time of a nature more related to the interests of The New Coracle and its staff:

U of Wash student finds rare carved gemstone at Israeli archaeological dig

When I was about that age and working towards certification in field archaeology, we would all dream about being the ones to find something rare and wonderful. Nothing immodest, of course; just a lost city or two. [To be fair, we were Meso-American archaeologists and there was some precedent in the 20th century for finding lost cities.]

I'm willing to bet that contemporary students of the arcane continue to dream about such or, if not, they might begin to do so now as this really is a remarkable find.