Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2010/12/24
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]A mountain climber and potholer from Yorkshire, Joe Brown, whom I met many years ago, was involved in the discovery of some relics in the caves of Qumran (in the course of a BBC expedition). He climbed up into one of the caves and shouted back down in his inimitable Yorkshire dialect that there was "Nowt up 'ere but a load o' mucky rags" - the "mucky rags" turned out to be ancient documents akin to the Dead Sea Scrolls! Cheers Douglas On 24.12.2010 18:58, George Lottermoser wrote: > continuing to enjoy your travel log > and > continuing to feel impressed by the stone work > as well as > many of your photographs > > Regards, > George Lottermoser > george at imagist.com > http://www.imagist.com > http://www.imagist.com/blog > http://www.linkedin.com/in/imagist > > > > > > On Dec 24, 2010, at 2:29 AM, Peter Klein wrote: > >> I've posted the rest of the keepers from Qumran and Masada. >> >> Ruins of a building in Qumran: >> <http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/pklein/israel/9-Masada/L1007808.jpg.html> >> >> One of the caves above Qumran where the Dead Sea Scrolls were found: >> <http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/pklein/israel/9-Masada/L1007814.jpg.html> >> >> Atop Masada: >> <http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/pklein/israel/9-Masada/L1007819.jpg.html> >> >> Here are the remains of the Roman legion camp that Daniel mentioned: >> <http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/pklein/israel/9-Masada/L1007825.jpg.html> >> >> And the Roman siege ramp: >> <http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/pklein/israel/9-Masada/L1007821.jpg.html> >> >> These are Roman catapult stones, which were chiseled to be roughly round. >> <http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/pklein/israel/9-Masada/L1007820.jpg.html> >> >> Katya lost her cap, so she "went Biblical." >> <http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/pklein/israel/9-Masada/L1007830.jpg.html> >> >> A brighter version of the aerobatic crow: >> <http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/pklein/israel/9-Masada/L1007837_1.jpg.html> >> >> Part of the Dead Sea and the desert floor: >> <http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/pklein/israel/9-Masada/L1007844.jpg.html> >> >> Here's the folder if you want to see the rest: >> <http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/pklein/israel/9-Masada/> >> >> --Peter >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Leica Users Group. >> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >