The Naked Archeology Appreciation Thread

[Galileo_Galilee]

This is a thread for the show "Naked Archeology".

The Naked Archaeologist is a television show produced for VisionTV in Canada and History International in the US that is hosted and prepared by the Emmy Award–winning journalist Simcha Jacobovici together with Avri Gilad. The show ultimately reviews Biblical stories, then tries to find proof for them by exploring the Holy Land looking for archaeological evidence, personal inferences, deductions, and interviews with scholars and experts.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Naked_Archaeologist

My favorite episode is "True Blue" where they explore the religious significance of the color blue. The big problem is the that the color comes from an animal called a Hilazon in the Bible. There is a bit of a disagreement of what this animal is. Archeology says it's from snails, but some believe it's from the Cuttlefish.

Here's another page on the matter:

http://jhom.com/topics/color/tekhelet.htm

And you do get to see actual archeology that is linked with the Bible.

But the thing I like most about this show is that you do get to learn about some history that normally would in places like college classes and the like.

So is anybody else a fan of this show?

[Womble]

Never seen the show.

The hilazon is most likely a species of sea snail, most likely the murex snail or an extinct close relative of the murex snail. Murex snail is found in the "right" area- coastal land of the Zevulun tribe between Haifa and Tyre, and they are known to have been used as a source of dye (the famed Tyrian purple)- and the same dye solution that produces Tyrian purple will consistently produce indigo blue when exposed to sunlight.

Cuttlefish ink doesn't produce the required color.

[Nolamom]

I watch the Naked Archeologist fairly regularly. I remember the episode you mention. It was very interesting how they used the snails to produce the dye. I've also enjoyed episodes where they've tried to determine the location of certain ancient sites based on biblical clues. They tried to triangulate based on distance to known sites and average travel time by caravan.

[Crias]

The awkward moment when you’re an archaeology student that’s never heard of this show before :/ lol what's it about?

[Galileo_Galilee]

what's it about?

Are you joking?

If not that tells me you didn't read my post nor check out my link.

[IcarusAbides]

The awkward moment when you’re an archaeology student that’s never heard of this show before :/ lol what's it about?

Well, I'm an Archaeologist and I've never heard of it. I do live in the UK though and I doubt we get it over here, plenty of Time Team to watch instead.

[Nolamom]

Time Team is fun. Love how they do an entire dig in a weekend. Nothing like doing archeology by backhoe. We haven't had any episodes of Time Team in awhile in the States. Not even on BBCAmerica. I think it used to be carried on the History Channel.

[Goose]

I love Time Team!

[SF_and_Coffee]

I've seen the Naked Archaeology episode mentioned, and a few others as well. Interesting show!

[IcarusAbides]

Time Team is fun. Love how they do an entire dig in a weekend. Nothing like doing archeology by backhoe. We haven't had any episodes of Time Team in awhile in the States. Not even on BBCAmerica. I think it used to be carried on the History Channel.

I love Time Team!

Time Team is closer to Test pit or Rescue Archaeology than proper digs would be but it has the capability of reaching lots of people and getting them interested in Archaeology which is a good thing. I prefered Two men in a trench to Time Team myself but there you go.

[Galileo_Galilee]

This is not about Time Team!

[IcarusAbides]

This is not about Time Team!

Calm down, it's just a friendly discussion.

[Galileo_Galilee]

Not about the show I like or know. It's disrespectful to derail a thread in this way. The other appreciation threads don't get derailed like this. And people get on to those that do attempt to derail thew thread like this.

[IcarusAbides]

Not about the show I like or know. It's disrespectful to derail a thread in this way. The other appreciation threads don't get derailed like this. And people get on to those that do attempt to derail thew thread like this.

I wasn't attempting to derail anything, it's only four posts. If it offends you then I'm sorry but you need to calm down a bit.

[Nolamom]

Goodness, it was just a couple of comments on the similarities between two archeology based television programs - one hosted by a Canadian and another British. Frankly the U.S. doesn't have a comparable series.

Sometimes I wish The Naked Archeologist would visit other locations outside of the Holy Land. It would be interesting.