Another component of this year’s excavation in Syria involved research trips to Jordan, Italy, and Great Britain to look at Roman theaters and Roman Legionary sites throughout the Roman world that are contemporary with the site that we are excavating in Afamia, Syria. The political situation in Syria this year made it too dangerous for us to excavate in Afamia this year, which is why a research trip to these other contemporary Roman sites was planned.
Jordan 2011
Roman theater in Amman
On the stage at the theater in Amman
Enjoying a "show" in true Roman fashion showing off my bling
Jerash
Niche! (in Jerash)
Theater in Jerash
Hiking into Wadi Sabra
Nabataean theater in Wadi Sabra
At the theater in Wadi Sabra
Nabataean theater in Petra
Petra just got a little better.
Italy 2011
Ostia Antica
Ostia Antica
Near the crypts in Ostia Antica
Hadrian's Grotto in Sperlonga
Taormina
Theater in Taormina
Fountain in the ancient city of Syracuse
Taormina view
On the ferry out to Sicily
On the streets of Speletto
Speletto
Verona
Verona
Verona
Egyptian Museum in Turin
Tivoli
Hadrian's Villa in Tivoli
Hadrian's Villa in Tivoli
Pizza!
Countryside near Volterra
Volterra
Volterra
Little door in Volterra
Gnocchi!
Great Britain 2011
The British Museum!
On the top of a double-decker with my goods
Piccadilly Square
Kitty!
Bath
Bath
Brampton
Brampton
Caerleon
Caerleon
Hadrian's Wall
On Hadrian's Wall
Sheep!
Near Hadrian's Wall
YAY for picture-palooza! It's so fun to see all these, and I'm trying not to drool too much. I laughed out loud at the DP picture, and again at the kitty! So funny. :) My only complaint is that there were no vampires in the Volterra pictures. ;)
ReplyDeleteI'm glad that you like them! We'll have to plan a trip to Europe together sometime. That would be a blast. Yes.... when I discovered that they had Dr. Pepper in Petra (THEY ALSO HAD IT IN DAMASCUS!!!!!!) I wanted to jump up and down and shout "Hallelujah!!" But I just got really giddy instead. Well, I would have taken some pictures of vampires in Volterra, but the pictures probably wouldn't have turned out with all of the glowing, shining, body sparkles.
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