[Fwd: HEBREW UNIVERSITY EXPEDITION UNCOVERS UNKNOWN JEWISH COMMUNITY(Stone)]

[George Robinson <grcomm...>]

Gee, do you suppose they had an interesting musical tradition?

George (an interesting musical tradition in his own right) Robinson


Anna Urowitz-Freudenstein wrote:

> From: Michael E. Stone <stone (at) vms(dot)huji(dot)ac(dot)il>
> Subject: HEBREW UNIVERSITY EXPEDITION UNCOVERS UNKNOWN JEWISH COMMUNITY
>
> An expedition led by Hebrew University Professor of Armenian Studies,
> Michael E. Stone, and composed of Israeli and Armenian Archeologists
> and experts, has made further major finds in Eghegis, Armenia,
> including many inscriptions in beautiful Hebrew script and language.
> This previously unknown community is now becoming uncovered. The
> expedition returned from field-work in Armenia this week.
>
> Reports will be published in full in the media and in scholarly
> journals soon. Many pictures and daily reports may be found on the
> Hebrew University Armenian Web Site:
>
> http://unixware.mscc.huji.ac.il/~armenia.
>
> Reports, pictures and video-clips may be found on:
>
> http://churcharmenia.com
>
> The graveyard being excavated is unprecedentedly early, dating from
> the mid-thirteenth to early fourteenth century.
>
> The work is sponsored by the Charles and Agnes Kazarian Eternal Fund
> with the support of the Ben Tzvi Institute for Study of the Oriental
> Jewish Communities, the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, the
> Foundation for Biblical Archeology and the Israel Antiquities
> Authority.
>
> Further information from stone (at) vms(dot)huji(dot)ac(dot)il
> --
> Michael E. Stone
> Professor of Armenian Studies
> Hebrew University of Jerusalem
> Fax: +972-2-642-6631
> michael(dot)stone (at) huji(dot)ac(dot)il
>
> http://unixware.mscc.huji.ac.il/~armenia

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