RT @HISTORY: As the Roman Empire continues to expand, so does the diversity of exotic beasts brought back to entertain the Colosseum crowds… 1 week ago
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IT’S A BOY!
Introducing Judah Robert Roan Cargill
Born Sept. 30, 2015 at 10:08 pm.
8 lb. 12 oz.
21.25 in.
Many thanks to the amazing team at the University of Iowa Children’s Hospital in Iowa City.
Roslyn and Judah are doing fine.
Today (August 2, 2012) at Tel Azekah, Chaim Tzemach unearthed a jar handle with a LMLK seal impression on it. Area S-2 Supervisor Omer Sergi (a Ph.D candidate in archaeology at Tel Aviv University waiting for his beloved advisor, Dr. Oded Lipschits, to finish reading and sign his dissertation ;-) identified the object and immediately broke into a quick lecture on LMLK seals for the student volunteers who had never heard of them.
What is most impressive is that it is a completely impromptu, yet highly informative lecture about LMLK seals given from the balk of a Tel Azekah Area S-2 square to students who had just pulled one out of the earth!
What follows is video I took of that lecture from the balk, which is the best 3-minute summation I’ve ever heard of LMLK seal impressions. In fact, I’ll incorporate this video into my “Jerusalem from the Bronze to the Digital Age” course at the University of Iowa.
XKV8R: The (Retired) Blog of Robert R. Cargill, Ph.D. 