AARON OPPENHEIM, ARCHEOLOGIST

On my visit to Israel in February 2020, I went to a location where such archeological activity is conducted and participated in the process. Here's a recap of the process from some pictures

 

1. Heavy equipment excavates and brings in truckloads of dirt where contents are then separated into manageable buckets

 

2. Each bucket is emptied into a large tray with a screen bottom and then hosed with a water spray by a volunteer

 

3. The water and tiny particles of dirt fall through the screen leaving 'artifacts' to be manually inspected

 

4. An archeologist (wearing sweatshirt with design of First Jewish Revolt prutah coin) speaks with a volunteer

 

5. All 'finds' are sorted into labeled buckets (metals, bones, mosaic, glass, pottery, special stones)

 

6. The sorted buckets are then reviewed by archeologists to identify

 

7. A picture of me (wearing 'Archeologist' in Hebrew and English on cap just purchased at the gift shop) looking for silver shekels! (or any coins)

 

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