When: March 7th @ 4:30PM
Where: Israel, Sudan, & Cyprus (Archaeology)
Who: Scott Huff - Archaeologist
Israel, Sudan, Cyprus
Archaeological
Time in Cyprus, Sudan, and Israel: 12:30am on Friday, March 8th
Archaeology comes from Greek, it means: A story of the past. Material culture.
Digging gets to an ancient place. Looking for items that they ate with or what they used to sit on, finding the remains of what they ate, carvings of feet, and pottery (found in many pieces)
Sudan:
Nuri a place where a king live long time ago
Expedition Unknown on Discovery Channel
A tel is a formation of the the bottom to years ago to now
Israel:
Tel burna a Tel is a place where people live in over 1,000 years ago
Drones help with archaeological digs, load into computer models
Archaeology is about telling the past, create timelines and maps
Drawings of ancient eastern temples in ancient Syria, Mesopotamia, and Egypt, only possible through archaeology
Biblical drawings, made possible through archaeology
Oldest artifact he’s found: late Bronze age (13th century B.C., 1200s), pottery found from 1250 B.C. in Israel
Sample pottery (milk bowl): dipped in white paint, painted with brown in an intricate pattern, made in Cyprus, Canaanites loved the pottery (like fine China, good dinnerware)
Favorite piece: rhinestone, carved hole in the middle, it was dropped on the ground, it was being used for grinding a red powder used for dye, powder was saved in the piece and analyzed, 11th century B.C.
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If you want quality replica artifacts, go to Etsy
Archaeologists are typically forgotten, but their pieces/finds are remembered
Place with most artifacts: Tel Beth-Shemesh, found lots of amulets, amulet: portrayal of one of the rulers->a queen representing herself with royal art to represent her royal status
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