2nd March 2011
Amenhotep III Temple Site Update
I stopped to ask what is that there raising within the wooden structure.
The woman I spoke to was so tight lipped that she was almost offensive; I was quite put off with her attitude. All she did say was that it is not a Colossi but a stone. She would not say anymore. Every time I look at this site, it is getting bigger and bigger. Apparently it is a joint national project. It still has the largest workforce of any site dig going on here in the West bank.
The woman I spoke to was so tight lipped that she was almost offensive; I was quite put off with her attitude. All she did say was that it is not a Colossi but a stone. She would not say anymore. Every time I look at this site, it is getting bigger and bigger. Apparently it is a joint national project. It still has the largest workforce of any site dig going on here in the West bank.
They have started digging in front of the Colossi while one of them appears to be having a Facelift. Who knows what they will find.
I have made a new friend who works at the dig. He said today, that they
found a Granite head of more than a meter high, and that in the last month, They have unearthed more than fifteen items. They are all housed in the Magazine on site. It ceases to amaze me just how lucky they are on this site and the continuation of new finds.
There are many tourists here now and it is a delight to see them everywhere, on bikes, in coaches, on camels and donkeys. You can see the spirit rising in the peoples faces. Everyone I speak to is very positive now, they realise they have a voice at last. Many people want different things and all now, all at the same time. They have to understand that they will get what they want step by step and that some things will have to wait awhile to give the new government a chance to get into some order and to prioritise. It will happen, and it will be good. I tell them all, that its going to come good and all will work out for them, that the future looks good.
found a Granite head of more than a meter high, and that in the last month, They have unearthed more than fifteen items. They are all housed in the Magazine on site. It ceases to amaze me just how lucky they are on this site and the continuation of new finds.
There are many tourists here now and it is a delight to see them everywhere, on bikes, in coaches, on camels and donkeys. You can see the spirit rising in the peoples faces. Everyone I speak to is very positive now, they realise they have a voice at last. Many people want different things and all now, all at the same time. They have to understand that they will get what they want step by step and that some things will have to wait awhile to give the new government a chance to get into some order and to prioritise. It will happen, and it will be good. I tell them all, that its going to come good and all will work out for them, that the future looks good.