July 2010
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June 2010
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Jun 16th
Personal Projects in Progress
As the second program of Saving the Stones draws to a close, interns are working on personal conservation projects to contribute to Acre, ranging from architectural documentation to a survey and development plan in the new city. Weizman Street, Acre’s main commercial strip, should serve to bridge the new and old city, but currently the space between the city walls and the new town is a hard...
Jun 6th
May 2010
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WatchWatch
The Sabil al-Jazzar, a Saving the Stones Conservation Project Situated at the north entrance to the Jazzar Pasha Mosque complex in Akko (Acre), Israel, this 18th Century sabil (public fountain) originally furnished residents of the city with fresh water from the Kabri aqueduct. Alison conducted architectural documentation of the sabil as part of her work during the first semester of Saving the...
May 23rd
April 2010
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Apr 23rd
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Apr 21st
Visit at the Dead Sea Scrolls Lab
During one of the study trips, our group was given an unique opportunity to join a team of journalists from National Geographic who were writing an article about Dead Sea Scrolls. There is not many situations in ones life when that kind of experience is possible, so all of us got pretty excited. After all, those ancient texts are considered to be the most important discovery of the Twentieth...
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