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[hsapiens]

1) Nine more days until Stonehenge Apocalypse!!! It stars Misha Collins, Torri Higginson, Hil Harper, Peter Wingfield, and Brent Stait. That's a lot of something for everyone. Sadly destined to be a horrible Syfy movie of the week crapfest but it's going to be awesome seeing favorite actors trying their best to convince me that Stonehenge is out to END THE WORLD.

*sigh* Once again the archaeologists are cast as the bad guys as they seem to kick off this version of the apocalypse.

2) O HAI Robert Wisdom! Supernatural's Uriel is now Burn Notice's Vaughn. Nice to see him again, this time in suits properly cut for him. He's looking good but I find it hard to trust him.

3) A Quick Guide to Understanding the Channel Mixer by nomadicwriter -- Handy tool, that channel mixer. Extra happy making is the Teal'c icon on the tutorial.

4) Spent today at the Houston Holocaust Museum. The architecture, more than reminiscent of a crematorium, was disturbing. That was the point of course, but the psychology of willingly walking into it was unsettling; just the first of many, many disquieting experiences. The audio tour was narrated by Mandy Patinkin and was one of the better ones I've ever heard. No point in lingering on the bad other than to say that it never fails to horrify and depress me. I'd heard about Denmark's remarkable actions before but now I know more. One of the few moral bright spots in a dozen years of depravity.

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[riverfox.livejournal.com]

PS --

When I think of archaeologists, I think of Daniel Jackson. I think of Sam Neill in Jurassic Park. I don't think of Indiana Jones, for all his glorified attention to the science. Indy is a relic hunter and archaeologists aren't grave robbers. The two are constantly confused and it's so aggravating. Unfortunately, early archaeologists have soured the reputation because of all that "borrowing". The unmitigated gall of those people.

Speaking of ... Tutankhamun's artifacts are currently on display in NYC. I wish I could see them before the exhibit heads back to Egypt. Last time I saw it was 1973 or 74 and the exhibit was in Seattle. :)

[hsapiens.livejournal.com]

LOL! Funny you should say that. When I was in field school, the archaeologists I worked with would declare, "This belongs in a museum!" whenever we found anything. My archaeology classes watched Indy for "Bad Archaeology Movie" night. It's pot hunting; not archaeology.

Early archaeologists were most definitely grave robbers. As a profession, we have a lot to answer for.

I saw that exhibit in L.A. several years ago. If you don't get to it, I assure you that you're not missing as much you might think. I was shocked at how poorly done it was. It was slick in terms of multimedia presentations but the items were kind of random and less important pieces -- and the signage was mediocre. I hate exhibits that expect you to buy an expensive catalog rather than present a full story in the labels.

[riverfox.livejournal.com]

LMAO! It's pot hunting; not archaeology.

First thing I thought of reading that? Maryjane. :eyeroll:


I agree. Don't sell me shit. Let me look and read. I remember the Seattle exhibit being well done. Everything in cases against the wall with placards. They had a lot of Egyptian artifacts there that had nothing to do with the pharoah. The one picture I carry from that are a pair of earrings. Go figure. ;)