Ah i LOVE this movie! possibly my favourite disney film (along with the Lion King of course!!) xx
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Another day, another continent:
Hilltop settlement site in north-west Botswana.
The view from the hilltops (Photo by H.B. Page)
Stone wall (Photo by H.B.Page)
Cairns (Photo by H.B. Page)
Excavation of a granary base (Photo by H.B. Page)
Snow has damaged a lot of ancient buildings in Italy, including the 13th C church doors in the town of Cagli, where my parents flat is!!
Hannah xxxXx
Heavy snow has caused extensive damage to the medieval walled town of Urbino and further deteriorated the Colosseum in Rome, already badly in need of repair, Italian newspapers reported on Tuesday.
Partial collapses have been reported at the convents of San Francesco and San Bernardino in Urbino and the roof of the Church of the Capuchins outside the town centre has completely caved in, La Repubblica reported. There is also water damage in the town’s 12th-century Duomo cathedral.
The roof at the Church of the Holy Cross in the nearby town of Urbania also collapsed and a collection of paintings, drapes and ancient globes has had to be removed from the town’s Ducal Palace due to fears of a collapse. Thirteenth-century church doors in the town of Cagli have also been damaged.
In Rome, fragments have fallen from the Colosseum which remains closed to tourists. The famous Roman amphitheatre, which is at the centre of a busy road junction, is blackened by pollution and has been losing pieces for years.
Valentines day archaeology?
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Skeletons locked in eternal embrace (from the Neolithic period): The couple are thought to have died young because both had all teeth intact.
A quick photo to start off the day.
Amazing picture of Inca terraces at Machu Picchu when i went in 2008.
Simply magical.
I had my first serious dabble with photographing archaeological finds yesterday using some really good lenses.
Im quite pleased with the results, especially with the close up shots that show working and manufacturing marks in great detail.
And actually i think it shows just how beautiful archaeology can be.
Take a look:
Spindle whorl from Arikamedu, India (Object from IoA collections.)
Tool marks on stone object from Hyderabad, India. (Object from IoA collections)
Rouletting on ceramic sherd from Arikamedu, India. (Object from IoA collections)
More rouletting…
:D Hannah xxXx
Photos taken by H.B. Page on 13/2/2012, objects from the IoA collections.
Today I decided to take a walk in Sunny Hill park in Hendon and walked past the site of an excavation I took part in a few summers ago. Seeing what the site looks like today, inspired me to write this piece and share my experiences.
July 2010…
In the summer of 2010 I took part in an exciting excavation totally different from anything I had done before- a series of world war II air raid shelters right next to where I live in Hendon.
The site was directed by a friend at the Institute of Archaeology, Dr Gabriel Moshenska, and worked in conjunction with the local archaeological society HADAS (Hendon and District Archaeological Society).
The excavation lasted two weeks and was like opening a time-capsule as the shelters hadn’t to been opened since they were concreted shut, probably in the 1960’s.
Much of the excavation consisted of using hammers (and any other tools we could find for that matter) to break off the concrete seals, of shovelling out earth from the entrance stairs of the first shelter and mapping and recording the shelters properly. This was a new experience for me as usually on excavations I spend most of my time troweling, shovelling and recording!
Once inside the shelters all the hard work was worth it! Just standing inside the enormous rooms was enough to transport you back in time. We found the remains of the electric wiring for lighting, buckets and other pieces of metal and even inscriptions on the walls. Truly exciting.
Today…
About a year and a half later the site looks much like it did before the excavations, nature has almost entirely reclaimed the land and i’m sure many people would simply walk by without suspecting that there were these big structures beneath their feet.
I took some photos today and will upload them and some of the dig as well.
What I felt today and what find so exciting about archaeology is that you don’t have to look far to find it, it really is everywhere- even in a quiet park in North-West London. It is a constant connection to the past and to the lives and experiences of people who came before us.
If you want to find out more about this excavation you can visit the UCL website: http://www.ucl.ac.uk/archaeology/research/directory/shelters_moshenska
And more about the archaeology of Air Raid Shelters visit: http://www.military-history.org/articles/air-raid-shelters.htm
Hannah xxXx
Me chipping away at concrete (Photo taken by G. Moshenska)
Opening shelter no. 1 (Photo taken by G. Moshenska)
Inside shelter no. 1 (Photo taken by G. Moshenska)
The entrance of shelter no. 1 today (Photo taken by H.B. Page)
The escape hatch of shelter no. 1, excavated area still visible but nature gradually taking over (Photo taken by H.B. Page)
Taken in Karnak, Egypt by my boyfriend.
Amazing trip that took me to see all the sites i had been learning about for two years.
Im a 22 year old Archaeology Masters student from London.
This blog is a mixture of all the things i LOVE
- archaeology, music, art, photography, travelling - to name but a few.
:D
Hannah xxXx
