Week two started after only one day of holiday/excursion. The arcitects continued measuring sector three within the citycenter of Petra, while the archaeologists were closing sounding 1 and moving toards sounding 2. Surprisingly, sounding 1 revealed much more tumble than expected, so work there lasted up to the middle of week two. At the end of week two family Schmid arrived at Dakhlalla’s house to enjoy one week of their holidays in Jordan at Umm Sayhun.
Fig. 17: Ernst Tolksdorff, Josephine Klatt, Maximilian Arnold and Niklas Jungmann sitting again in the back of the pickup truck (photo: André Barmasse).Fig. 18: Niklas Jungmann and Ernst Tolksdorff finishing the last locus at sounding 1 before moving to sounding 2 (photo: André Barmasse).
Sunday, April 2, 2023
Fig. 19: Niklas Jungmann, Ernst Tolksdorff and Zbigniew Fiema savoring a sandwich with hummus and jibneh (photo: André Barmasse).Fig. 20: Abu Hala’s famous dish: dry bread sandwich with hummus and jibneh, a banana and Albadr custard cream biscuits (photo: André Barmasse).
Monday, April 3, 2023
Fig. 21: A dog from the nearby cave is visiting. Ernst Tolksdorff tries to keep him away from the biscuits (photo: André Barmasse).Fig. 22: Josephine Klatt and Niklas Jungmann caressing our new excavation guard dog (photo: André Barmasse).
Tuesday, April 4, 2023
Fig. 23: Bdool school children visiting the excavations at sounding 2, and Isadora Schulz trying to take a point between them (photo: André Barmasse).Fig. 24: Ernst Tolksdorff an Niklas Jungmann trying to cast some shadow, as Zbigniew Fiema takes pictures (photo: André Barmasse).
Wednesday, April 5, 2023
Fig. 25: Our daily drug against fatigue: Ernst Tolksdorff’s famous Scho-Ka-Kola, also known as «Panzerschokolade» (photo: André Barmasse).Fig. 26: After a hard day of work, the young generation takes care of its social interaction or the hair (photo: André Barmasse).
Thursday, April 6, 2023
At the end of a week of hard work, the entire team drives to Wadi Mousa to drink a cold well-deserved beer at the Petra Palace bar.
Fig. 27: Nightly view from the Petra Palace bar towards the entrance to Petra (photo: André Barmasse).Fig. 28: Alexandra and Lara Druzynski-von Boetticher enjoying a drink at the Petra Palace bar (photo: André Barmasse).
Friday, April 7, 2023
Weekend. Time for a guided tour with Stephan Schmid from the Turkmanyieh tomb, over Ez Zantur into the Wadi Farasa.
Fig. 29: Stephan Schmid explaining the characteristics of Nabataean tomb complexes in front of the Turkmanyieh tomb (photo: André Barmasse).Fig. 30: Taking a break at Gassim’s tea and coffee shop inside the garden triclinium in Wadi Farasa (photo: André Barmasse).
