I looked up out if my trench and there was a camel (dromedary, I know...) looking back at me. Quite a familiar one, because it was the same that came grazing on our site yesterday. It belongs to gypsies, gypsies who actually sent the beast to scout our field.
A gypsy-boy came to pick it up after a while and had a good look at what was going on.
I liked it better when the gypsies were on our side, like in Bulgaria, but at least here we have fierce Bedouin warriors who make ewok-noises as they wobble around.
Tuesday 29 January 2008
Sunday 27 January 2008
Nothing but the Rain...
Yesterday was a day of firsts,
the first day in the field, the first time I got sandsprayed(hurts like hell, especially in the eyes...), the first Jordanian shoarma and several other firsts I can't remember.
Today was even cooler.
I have my own trench just outside the Ayla walls and I dig there with my trusty Jordanian assistant Jumah Abu Saleh. Today we found a wonderful piece of steatite pottery, together with a lot of glazed ware and medieval glass as well as several structures and charcoal remains.
Anyway, I'm off again, We're making steak and fries tonight!
the first day in the field, the first time I got sandsprayed(hurts like hell, especially in the eyes...), the first Jordanian shoarma and several other firsts I can't remember.
Today was even cooler.
I have my own trench just outside the Ayla walls and I dig there with my trusty Jordanian assistant Jumah Abu Saleh. Today we found a wonderful piece of steatite pottery, together with a lot of glazed ware and medieval glass as well as several structures and charcoal remains.
Anyway, I'm off again, We're making steak and fries tonight!
Nothing but the Rain...
Yesterday was a day of firsts,
the first day in the field, the first time I got sandsprayed(hurts like hell, especially in the eyes...), the first Jordanian shoarma and several other firsts I can't remember.
Today was even cooler.
I have my own trench just outside the Ayla walls and I dig there with my trusty Jordanian assistant Jumah Abu Saleh. Today we found a wonderful piece of steatite pottery, together with a lot of glazed ware and medieval glass as well as several structures and charcoal remains.
Anyway, I'm off again, We're making steak and fries tonight!
the first day in the field, the first time I got sandsprayed(hurts like hell, especially in the eyes...), the first Jordanian shoarma and several other firsts I can't remember.
Today was even cooler.
I have my own trench just outside the Ayla walls and I dig there with my trusty Jordanian assistant Jumah Abu Saleh. Today we found a wonderful piece of steatite pottery, together with a lot of glazed ware and medieval glass as well as several structures and charcoal remains.
Anyway, I'm off again, We're making steak and fries tonight!
Friday 25 January 2008
The First Day in the Desert
I love the desert.
I also know why...
It turns out I was Reynald le Chatillon in a past life.
I've always liked the Knights Templar and the Crusaders, but it wasn't until all these Arabs started staring at me with terrified eyes that realization dawned.
But anyway, real work doesn't start until tomorrow so it's some more Crusading till we start digging up Aila, the oldest Islamic settlement.
More tomorrow, insjallah.
I also know why...
It turns out I was Reynald le Chatillon in a past life.
I've always liked the Knights Templar and the Crusaders, but it wasn't until all these Arabs started staring at me with terrified eyes that realization dawned.
But anyway, real work doesn't start until tomorrow so it's some more Crusading till we start digging up Aila, the oldest Islamic settlement.
More tomorrow, insjallah.
Tuesday 8 January 2008
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