The excellent cartoon, “Piled Higher and Deeper” has put up an excellent cartoon on the origin of the term “Post-Doctorate”
(thanks to M. Toffolo for the heads up).
:-)
Aren
Exodus Conference online!
Tom Levy has kindly informed me that the all the lectures that were presented at the conference on the Exodus at UCSD that I had mentioned previously, can now be viewed online on the new conference website. Do check this out – in addition to my lecture which I already mentioned, there are some excellent lectures to be heard! In addition, one can find other things related to the conference and the excellent exhibition that Tom curated in parallel.
Aren
Things are beginning to roll!
Yesterday, we (Amit, Shira, Miriam and I) were at the tell in the morning, to get things really rolling towards the season.
We first had a meeting with the regional warden of the Nature and Parks Authority, Uri Kaizer, to go over the various points relating to our work this season – since as you may know the site is a national park. We then went to Kibbutz Revadim for some last moment discussions with Ofer and Merav (the staff of the kibbutz guest houses) to talk over details of the R&B at the kibbutz.
Then, we zipped back to the site, and had a visit from part of the Team of the Gezer Water System Project (from NOBTS), and then, Steve, Lisa and Yotam from the Kimmel Center met us to discuss details of their work during the season.
We then headed off for BIU, to the lab, where other team members were busy working on the preparations. And, finally, Haskel Greenfield and some of the Univ. of Manitoba team (Annie, Trent and Jeremy) came to the lab!
So – we had a good day preparing for the excavations – one more of the many hectic days ahead for us in the next two weeks!
Aren
Psy coming to Israel – maybe he can dance Gangnam Style” at Tell es-Safi?
According to the Israeli media, the Korean rock start “Psy” will be performing twice in Israel during the month of July!
Perhaps one of his shows will be at Tell es-Safi/Gath???
MiYoung – is he going to be one of your group?
As we already posted way back, the origins of this may be at Gath!
:-)
Aren
Youtube clip of lecture at Exodus conference
For those interested, the lecture that I gave at the Exodus conference (which was mentioned previously here), is now available on Youtube.
Here is the link:
I believe that some of the other lectures from the conference can also be found on line.
Enjoy!
Aren
Conference on Exodus in UCSD
As I briefly mentioned previously, in the last few days I have been participating in a fascinating conference “Out of Egypt: Israel’s Exodus between Text and Memory, History and Imagination”, at UCSD (at the CALIT2 institute). The conference, which was for invitees only, included a group of historians, archaeologists, biblical scholars, Egyptologists, geoscientists, and others. A wide variety of views and opinions about the Exodus were voiced in the meeting, from those who accept it as a largely historical event, to those who see it as a largely mythical account – and many views in between. The papers given at the meeting, and a few by those that could not make it to the conference, will be published in the future and should provide a very important source for the inter- and multi-disciplinary study, and range of views, about this formative tradition of Israel.
The paper that I presented, “Can Archaeological Correlates of the Mnemo-Narratives of Exodus be Found?” dealt with seeing the Exodus as a long-term development of narratives of collective memory and how they coalesced to form what we now know as the Exodus story.
As I also mentioned previously (see above), this Wednesday, Prof. W. Propp will be giving a popular lecture on the Exodus at UCSD. And, not to forget, all who can should visit the excellent exhibition, curated by Prof. Tom Levy, in which the environmental, cultural and reception history of the Exodus is presented – using fantastically impressive cutting-edge digital multi-media technology.
Excellent conference – and thanks to Tom and the organizers for putting this together!
Aren
Jeffrey Chadwick (BYU) announces new project: Publication of the Tell Rumeida Excavation finds
Prof. Jeffrey Chadwick (or Jeff to most mortals – aka Achish Melek Gat) has announced on Facebook the commencement of a new and exciting project – publication of the finds from the excavations at Tell Rumeida (ancient Hebron) conducted by Hammond in the 1960s.
Here is Jeff’s detailed description of the project – and the project logo:
Fifty years after the commencement of the American Expedition to Hebron (AEH) in 1963, we now announce in 2013 the inauguration of the American Expedition to Hebron Publication Project (J. Chadwick, Director). Here’s a pic of the new, color-accented update of the original expedition logo (which was also an embroidered patch worn on the khaki shirts of the senior staff).
Here’s the AEH story … Fifty years ago this month Prof. Philip Hammond of Princeton Theological Seminary conducted the short 1963 survey season at Tell er-Rumeide in Hebron (el Khalil), which was then territory governed by the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan. Thus began the AMERICAN EXPEDITION TO HEBRON, Hammond’s archaeological project that would excavate at Tell er-Rumeide, ancient biblical Hebron, during the summers of 1964, 1965, and 1966. Finds from EBIII, MBII, LB, Iron I, Iron II, Hellenistic (Hasmonean), and the Roman-Herodian periods were made on the tell itself, including portions of the city wall and southern gate. The project went into permanent hiatus as a result of the war in June 1967, which saw Hebron come under Israeli control. Hammond thereafter concentrated on excavating Petra. Having done my doctoral dissertation on his excavations at Hebron, Hammond bequeathed to me the publication privileges for his AEH work before he passed away five years ago in 2008. And now, we’re ready to start in earnest. Keep an eye out for our first article in a few months, on the LB finds of the AEH.
Should provide some very interesting materials! Way to go Jeff!
Aren
Check out the “Ancient Near East Today”
Check out the new issue of the “Ancient Near East Today” – which is very interesting and also free!
On a humorous note – I suggest a name for another publication: “The Contemporary Near East Yesterday” :-p
Aren
Great animated film – not on the Philistines – but on their “relatives” – check it out
Yesterday, I received information on a great animated clip whose central theme is transporting a ship over land thru the Isthmus of Corinth in Classical Greek times, but also illustrates many other very interesting aspects of ancient Greek culture and technology.
Here is the notice that appeared in “Aegeanet” – courtesy of Kalliopi Efkleidou:
“This is a link (
) to a very interesting animation film on the Diolkos, the land route which enabled ships to be transported across the Corinth Isthmus. On the side it shows interesting features of the maritime voyage of a trade ship arriving at the corinthian gulf, crossing the diolkos and ending up at Kenchreai before leaving for Cyprus, technological achievements, visit to Poseidon’s temple, traded goods etc. Produced by the ASSOCIATION of ANCIENT GREEK TECHNOLOGY STUDIES (EMAET) & the Technical Chamber of Greece.”
Highly recommended – check it out!
Aren
