Arrived to the site on time this AM. It was blooming cold out on the Tel today. And very, very windy. Some of our workers lit a branch on fire and huddled around it. Surprisingly it did give off a lot of heat. Funny how desert dwellers know how to stay warm when it's cold and cool when it's hot.
In other news, we had pirates attack today. They forced us to listen to them singing and even declared the Tel as their domain by planting a flag. Crazy pirates. Their crazy antics did however allow me a chance to tell silly pirate jokes which made us all "ARRR".
Actually our local workers freaked out a bit at the 'ghost' on the flag. Said it would bring bad things to happen on the site. So far, not true.
Field A found another skeleton today. A baby this time. A lot of dead people popping up on the Tel. Recent burials mostly. So we have to exhume them and then rebury them. None of the graves are marked and so they are always a surprise.
Since it is Friday, we let our workers go at 11 to pray, as all Muslims are supposed to on Friday, and we did pottery reading early, which leaves us with plenty of time to do laundry, watch movies, e-mail and run to see cool site around the area. Found out that there is couple here from St. Helena. And a girl from Austin. Nice to catch up on 'home' news.
Also was told today that the hotel in which we stay is famous for being a place of ill-repute. Yep. Apparently prostitution is very alive and well here and seeing women dressed as we do in this hotel is very rare in this country. For some reason platform shoes and strapless dresses are a no-no. It's what the ladies of the night (or really any hour) wear.
Here is the place I spend much of my day. The sifter. Well, I spend much of it between here...
and here...
In other news, we had pirates attack today. They forced us to listen to them singing and even declared the Tel as their domain by planting a flag. Crazy pirates. Their crazy antics did however allow me a chance to tell silly pirate jokes which made us all "ARRR".
Actually our local workers freaked out a bit at the 'ghost' on the flag. Said it would bring bad things to happen on the site. So far, not true.
Field A found another skeleton today. A baby this time. A lot of dead people popping up on the Tel. Recent burials mostly. So we have to exhume them and then rebury them. None of the graves are marked and so they are always a surprise.
Since it is Friday, we let our workers go at 11 to pray, as all Muslims are supposed to on Friday, and we did pottery reading early, which leaves us with plenty of time to do laundry, watch movies, e-mail and run to see cool site around the area. Found out that there is couple here from St. Helena. And a girl from Austin. Nice to catch up on 'home' news.
Also was told today that the hotel in which we stay is famous for being a place of ill-repute. Yep. Apparently prostitution is very alive and well here and seeing women dressed as we do in this hotel is very rare in this country. For some reason platform shoes and strapless dresses are a no-no. It's what the ladies of the night (or really any hour) wear.
Here is the place I spend much of my day. The sifter. Well, I spend much of it between here...
and here...
2 comments:
4 am huh? well i guess i know what to do now if i want you up that early! FOOD GLORIOUS FOOD!
Thanks for the news from Jordan, Jenn!! Your photos make me jealous. :^)
Stay un-burnt, ok?
Happy Sabbath!
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