This morning we went to Yad Vashem, the Holocaust Museum. It was very sobering. It is a very well set up museum, and they have so much documentation of and material from the genocide. It was different than other Nazi Germany exhibits I'd seen, because it hardly talked at all about the allied forces and the end of the war, or people within Germany who resisted the regime. It was specifically to remember the Holocaust and the victims it claimed. Although it was very heavy and tragic, I really am glad we went. It is important to remember those sorts of things. While we were there, the museum was filled with IDF (Israeli Defense Force), probably a couple hundred of them were being lead through in groups. You can tell that the hard past Jews have had is important to their identity toady.
Winter Wash
The Season has begun! Tomorrow the volunteers arrive, but we've been spending the past three days cleaning up the 'winter wash' (debris accumulated in the excavation area) from the past two years. We also have been hosting local school kids to show them how to excavate etc. It is a good way for the community to be involved in the dig and to feel a part of the excavation. The team enjoying dinner at CafeCafe our first night together. Jack Sheffer, the GIS guy for Grid 92, working atop our dump pile. Goals for this Season My square ("92.97") looks very different than how I left it in 2017. We dug about two meters down in the SE quadrant, but the rest of the square was close to the elevation of topsoil. This was because we discovered the first meter of soil was empty of antiquities. To avoid spending days removing empty dirt, we concentrated on a 5x5 meter portion of the square. In preparation for this year, most the empty fill layer was removed with...
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