The wind was pretty fierce and blacksono took the job of getting the gazia to stay alight very seriously. Here he is shielding the flame with his coat.
This is what a very wet Megiddo looks like. This is the area that the University of Chicago dug up years back. Lots of Bronze Age temples and stuff. I think it will be excellent to dig here in the summer.
The boy kept saying that the views from the top of the Tel do not look like Israel at all. With all that greenery it could almost be England (not quite).
We climbed down into the water system as the rain started. The amount of work that must have gone into these tunnels is staggering. Considering it was all done by hand. Slave labor accomplished some remarkable things.
This is the long flat part of the water tunnel that runs parallel to the ground for about 80 meters. Totally cool.
I think this same frog was there when I was there in the summer. He is quite cute.
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Did you see any big, black millipedes? When Jacky and I were there we saw some seriously scary-looking black millipedes that were about 6 inches long. Never did figure out if they were poisonous, but anything that looks that nasty is probably best avoided.
I think they are harmless. There were none about but it was rainy and wet. We saw a lot of earthworms though.
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