tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5502671101756463249.post7978011561028855309..comments2024-03-23T12:38:46.260+00:00Comments on The History Girls: Cabinet of Curiosities by Charlotte Wightwick – the Sargon Vase: an enduring story, a fragile vesselMary Hoffmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06241989732624913706noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5502671101756463249.post-4562046545211184522019-02-01T01:54:11.484+00:002019-02-01T01:54:11.484+00:00What an interesting post! Lucky you, getting to th...What an interesting post! Lucky you, getting to that exhibition. Where I live, archaeology is not about finding ancient tombs or lost cities - we don’t have any. But a few years ago, there was a dig in the Melbourne CBD, in Little Lonsdale St, which I regret missing, as they were accepting volunteers(my full time day job got in the way). People used to live in that part of the city, which is now all shops and cafes, and the archaeologists found bits and pieces of ordinary people’s lives. Not 3000 years old - there are probably elderly people now whose great grandparents lived there - but fascinating all the same. That’s really what archaeology is about, isn’t it? Not just gold statues or pictures of kings hunting, but the lives of ordinary people and how they were lived. Sue Bursztynskihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09362273418897882971noreply@blogger.com