Occasional Holy Man and Luthier Who Offers Stray, Provocative, and Insouciant Thoughts About Religion, Archaeology, Human Foible, Surfing, and Interesting People. Thalassophile. Nemesis of all Celebrities [except for Chuck Norris]. He Lives Vicariously Through Himself. He has a Piece of Paper That Proves He's Laird of Glencoe.
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.