Ceramics, Metal and Glass, Oh My!
Written by Ben Douglass, Saving the Stones – Spring 2014 Intern Reposted from Ben’s Israel Blog Welcome from Jerusalem! We are spending this entire week here, doing various conservation work with […]
Written by Ben Douglass, Saving the Stones – Spring 2014 Intern Reposted from Ben’s Israel Blog Welcome from Jerusalem! We are spending this entire week here, doing various conservation work with […]
Excavating in the Western Wall Tunnels in Jerusalem? Check! Stone Masonry at the ancient synagogues of the Galilee? Check! Mosaic conservation at the Roman ruins of Caesarea? Check! […]
Worried you missed out on our application deadline? Don’t fret! We’ve just opened up a few more spaces for our Fall practical conservation training internship of Saving the Stones! But […]
The public is invited to join us this coming Tuesday, May 21 at 15:00 at the campus of the International Conservation Center – Citta di Roma, in Old Acre. We […]
What is a hammam? Simply put, it’s Arabic for what most westerners call a Turkish bath. In turn, a Turkish bath is a simplification of the classical-era baths of Hellas […]
The Old City of Acre (locals call it Akko or Akka) is a maze of winding streets, narrow alleys, and small plazas. The buildings in between are mostly residential, although […]
When you’re working with Heritage sites, technology is your best friend and one of your worst enemies at the same time. On one hand, the digital technologies that we’ve been […]
Officially, our days usually start around 8:30am, unless we have commitments further out of down which requires getting up earlier. However, wake-up is somewhere between 7 and 8 for us, […]
We are excited to welcome the new interns of Saving the Stones, Spring 2013! Participants have joined us from all over the world, including East and West Coast US, […]