In partnership with our Libyan colleagues, and with support from the U.S. Department of State鈥檚 Ambassadors Fund for Cultural Preservation (AFCP), the Cultural Antiquities Task Force (CATF), and the U.S. Embassy Libya External Office (LEO), 17吃瓜is bringing a message of hope through Cultural Heritage Volunteer Weekends (鈥減op-up鈥� events) and through one-day heritage workshops. This essay is an update on a Cultural Heritage Outreach and Awareness Event held in Tripoli, Libya at the Granada School. These one-day workshops utilize museum suitcase “tool kits” that were described in the .
Mosaic Games for Children: Fun and Engaging Educational Activities to Protect Libyan Heritage
Prior to the onset of a national lockdown in response to the global pandemic, our colleagues in Libya forged new ground in ASOR’s ongoing “” project. Funded by the U.S. Embassy to Libya, the U.S. Department of State鈥檚 Ambassadors Fund for Cultural Preservation (AFCP), and the Cultural Antiquities Task Force (CATF), the program’s popularity has driven the team to devise additional outreach activities familiarizing students of diverse ages with the richness of Libyan cultural heritage.
Mosaics like the famous Four Seasons panel at the UNESCO World Heritage site of Cyrene are among the most distinctive works of ancient art in Libya, yet are often difficult to appreciate up close due to their fragility. Inspired by a “Make Your Own Mosaic” kit at the Bardo Museum in Tunis, the team has adapted these materials to the Libyan context and incorporated them into the 23 museum bags in 18 Libyan cities, helping children understand how mosaics are made and giving them a chance to try it themselves.
The team gave these new materials a trial run at the Cultural Heritage Outreach and Awareness event on March 4, 2020 for the fourth grade students at the Granada Elementary School in Tripoli. After a brief explanation of the history of mosaics and their prevalence in Libya, the children were divided into small groups and given the opportunity to assemble a mosaic.
According to the teacher, Ahlam al Waflai, and her aide Reema, the results were amazing. An hour and a half passed quickly, as all of the students were engrossed in selecting the right tesserae to match the pattern. According to Talal Bariun, ASOR’s liaison in Libya, “the atmosphere in the room was calm and harmonious as the students worked together. The students’ eyes lit up as they succeeded in assembling small pieces of stone into very beautiful mosaics.”听 The mosaic game offered a hands-on way to teach history, civilization, and archaeology and emphasize the importance of preserving cultural heritage.
Museum in a Suitcase team member Intisar al Arebi describes the history of mosaics and the artistry of their creation to fourth graders in Tripoli.
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Students studying materials from the Museum in a Suitcase.
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Students working on mosaics in small groups.
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Participants in the Cultural Heritage Outreach and Awareness Event at the Granada School in Tripoli.
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More updates on Outreach and Awareness One-Day Events will be featured in forthcoming News@17吃瓜and ANE Today.
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Please send comments, suggestions, and other best practices to 17吃瓜(info@asor.org). Thank you to Craig Ball who published most of these tips on his .
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interviews with 17吃瓜members, plenary addresses from past Annual meetings, advice for those starting careers in archaeology, and more.
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: past lectures held at ACOR, ranging from recent discoveries at the site of Pella in Jordan by Stephen Bourke, the importance of recording Rock Art in Wadi Rum by Kaelin Groom, digital media in Jordan by Geoffrey Hughes, and Amman street art by Aseel Sawalha.
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– University of Alabama archaeologist Sarah Parcak explains the use of satellite imagery for locating archaeological sites.
– Aren Maeir of Bar Ilan University explains some types of finds related food and cooking.
– Ami Mazar, emeritus professor of archaeology at Hebrew University, discusses the development of Biblical Archeology and changing concepts of ancient Israel. In Hebrew
– Harvard University professor Lawrence Stager discusses finds from his long-term excavations at the site of Ashkelon.
– Interview with Tel Aviv University professor Israel Finkelstein explaining his approach to archaeology and its relationship with Biblical texts. In Hebrew.
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– Shows the excavations south of the Old City.
– A silent film shot showing excavations at various parts of the site.
– A tour through recent excavations in the City of David including underground areas.
– An overview of the operations of the Israel Antiquities Authority.
– Digitizing the Dead Sea Scrolls is revealing new information and widening access.
– The practical and technical challenges of digitizing the Dead Sea Scroll archives.
– An aerial view of Jerusalem, focusing on the Old City.
– Discusses the discovery of a Fatimid gold hoard in a jar during salvage excavations near Ramla.
– A seal impression from the Second Temple period found along the Western Wall of the Temple Mount.
– An introduction to the Bronze and Iron Age site of Abel Beth Maacah in northern Israel.
– Illustrates various excavations and finds at Tall Hisban, southwest of Amman, dating from the Bronze Age through the Mamluk period.
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Gallery Slideshows from Near Eastern Archaeology Magazine
– A gallery of all the images that appear in issue 76.2 (2013) of Near Eastern Archaeology magazine. Smaller versions of some of the images also appear in the article, “” on the 17吃瓜Blog / Ancient Near East Today.
– A gallery of all the images that appear in issue 76.2 (2013) of Near Eastern Archaeology magazine.
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Ask an Archaeologist
听鈥� In this episode, students at BU gave us their questions for Professor of Archaeology and long-time archaeologist, Andrea Berlin to answer.
听鈥� In this episode, Boston University鈥檚 Department of Archaeology鈥檚 Post Doctoral Associate, Travis Parno, Ph.D, answers questions gathered from social media and man-on-the-street questions.
听鈥� In this episode, Boston University鈥檚 Department of Archaeology鈥檚 Professor, Curtis Runnels, answers questions gathered from social media and man-on-the-street questions.
听鈥� In this episode, Boston City Archaeologist Joe Bagley, answers questions gathered from social media and AIA鈥檚 Archaeology Day here in Boston.
听鈥� Ask an Archaeologist sat down with Dr. Joe Greene of the Semitic Museum at Harvard to answer user submitted archaeological questions.
听鈥� While at the Semitic Museum at Harvard, visiting archaeologist Dr. Stephen Bourke stepped in to answer one of Ask an Archaeologist鈥檚 more colorful questions.
听鈥� Ask an Archaeologist sat down with Adam Aja, Assistant Curator of Collections at the Semitic Museum at Harvard, to answer user submitted archaeological questions.
: ca. 30,000 online images of sites, landscapes, and people in Jordan and other countries. Photo collections have finding aids.
: over 115,000 (mainly aerial) images and maps designed to discover, monitor, and record the settlement history of the Near East. Most images are on the archive鈥檚 .
: 2.4 million images related to archaeology and the study of the past. Also contains DAI photo libraries for departments in Cairo, Istanbul, and Damascus.
: over 120,000 images, publications, video, and pedagogical tools focused on architecture, urbanism, environmental and landscape design, visual culture, and conservation issues, with a particular focus on Muslim societies. Developed by the and the Aga Khan Documentation Center at MIT.
: over 64,000 images and manuscripts relating to the cultural history and heritage of the Middle East.
: database brings together satellite imagery and published reports to make available information about threatened archaeological sites and landscapes. Using , an open source platform designed by the and .
: images of Islamic monuments in Cairo with more from other parts of the Islamic world to be added. Also includes online articles and books. Content in English and Arabic.
: images of archaeological sites, buildings and art, covering the areas of the former Roman empire which later came under Islamic rule, such as Syro-Palestine/the Levant, Egypt and North Africa, as well as some bordering regions, such as Georgia and Armenia. The chronological range is from Alexander the Great (i.e., from about 300 BC) through the Islamic period. Material labelled in both English and Arabic.
: over 5,000 images of historical monuments and architecture from Iraqi Kurdistan and southeastern Anatolia (Turkey), to southern Iraq.
: images from many archaeological sites, including sites in Syria, Israel, Lebanon, and Jordan.
: images from many of the OI’s excavations.
: online image, manuscript, film and sound collections including the Thesiger Collection of over 5,000 images of Arabia.
: archaeological images from Syria, Sardis, Antioch-on-the-Orontes, Amman, Petra, Morgantina, and Marion.
: 3D models of sites, archaeological features, and objects from the Near East and Egypt.
Models of Near Eastern and Egyptian Objects for 3D Printing
Much of the content for these online resources came from H.Dixon, 鈥淲hat鈥檚 Already Out There? Online Resources for Teaching Ancient Near Eastern Studies and Cognate Fields,鈥� Creative Pedagogies for Teaching the Ancient Near East and Egypt session (M. Ameri and H. Dixon, chairs), 2019 17吃瓜Annual Meeting, San Diego.鈥�
: $200 plus return shipping costs for 鈥淒aily Life in an Ancient Judean Town,鈥� with artifacts, a light-able replica oil lamp, panels and labels, a DVD, and other materials.
: coordinates with museums willing to plan a collection of items for mini-replica 3D printing. Printed objects can then be 鈥減lugged in鈥� to the box to play information about the objects. Pre-ordering now.
: $95 for a one month loan (pickup in person Mon-Fri 8am-3pm; contact info to inquire about shipping), including 8-10 touchable artifacts, lesson plans, gallery guides, and articles.
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听The Bad猫 Museum is proud to offer a new听virtual exhibition about the history of archaeology at Tell en-Nasbeh under the British Mandate government, titled “Unsilencing the Archives: The Laborers of the Tell en-Nasbeh Excavations (1926-1935)
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