My children and I recently went on a trip to Dimeh, an ancient city in the desert about 2.5 hours travel from Cairo. Apparently it was excavated in the 1930's but mainly in an effort to identify its walls and interior buildings. At one end there are huge mounds (40' high and 30' wide that tourists can actually drive on top of. There are literally millions of pieces of old shards of pottery that have been trampled and broken. Some believe that the mounds were actually the trash "dump" when the city was booming. As we were walking along the top of mounds, I saw that part of a pot was sticking up at an unusual angle, so I started digging As I continued, the shape became evident, and I managed over the next couple of hours to dig out most of what was left of the jug. I brought all of the pieces back to my flat, purchased some superglue, and proceeded with one of my sons to clean the pieces and reconstruct the "puzzle". Here is the end result. Not museum quality, but it came with a great family memory! it is about 10" in diameter at the widest and probably 20-24 inches tall.
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