Day 3601: Hi from Nevada!

  

"Hope, Still": photo, digital collage.

 

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2GN2S ...

Magnificent ancient mosaic found near Tel Aviv returns home

An exceptionally well-preserved Roman floor mosaic, showing a rich variety of fish, animals, birds and ships, has returned to the site where it was first found in a Tel Aviv suburb after a decade-long tour of some of the world's top museums.

The 1,700 year-old mosaic, from the late Roman period, was discovered in 1996 during highway construction work, but was not put on display until 2009, when funding to preserve it was donated.

 

The colorful mosaic, 55 feet long (17 meters) and about 29 feet wide (9 meters) may have served as the foyer floor of a mansion in a wealthy neighborhood of Lod, near what is now Tel Aviv, the Israel Antiquities Authority said in a statement.

"The owner was probably a very rich merchant because he traveled throughout the world and he saw things, like all the ships and the fish on display in the mosaic," said archaeologist Hagit Torge from the Israel Antiquities Authority.

 

The design of the mosaic was influenced by North African mosaics and lacks any depiction of people, suggesting it may have belonged to a Christian or a Jew who wanted to avoid pagan attributes such as depiction of Roman gods, said archaeologist Amir Gorzalczany from the Israel Antiquities Authority.

The mosaic will now be exhibited at an archaeological center, where it was found, in Lod.

 

 

Update ...

Tuesday noon, Grandhunk #1 and I left for Nevada in his truck.

Leaving San Bernadino with traffic.

On the way, Highway 15

 

A  glorious cloud display over the desert landscape.

We arrived at Superman & WonderWoman's new house about 5:30PM. ETA was originally 4:30, but we made a detour, stopping at Eddie's World, that GH#1 assured me was a tradition.

 

A large air-conditioned oasis in the desert and 110' heat, that has every kind of snack, candy, food, refreshment and souvenirs. No one comes out empty handed. We came out with carmel corn, chocolate toffee and butter toffee cashews! We had to honor tradition!

SM and WW took us to P.F.Chang's ...

 

 

Superman was hungry and ordered for all four of us with wonderful choices.

Pork gyoza, edaname

Shrimp dumplings

Lettuce wraps

Lo Mein

Korean beef

Eggplant

Spicy chicken

Brown rice

Kung Poa chicken

 

Fortune cookies

 

 

 

So thankful to be together.

Thank you GH#1 aka Jordan for driving.

 

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A 2-minute video, petting sharks?, here.

 

Just because ...

 

Zebra Finches

 

Smiles for Wednesday ...

 

 

 

 

 

 

  

 

   

 

 

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