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It was getting dark so we started walking back to our hotel. On the way we stopped at a cute shop in the old city because things in the window looked so interesting. The owner of the shop explained that excavations are constantly going on in Jerusalem and that the museums get these pieces as they are discovered. Therefore many of the shops are registered as museums so they can get the artifacts and also have shops to sell souvenirs, jewelry and other items.
The museum part of the shop (in the back) had a lovely display of intact 2,000 year old Roman glass. It was all in excellent condition (considering the age of the pieces) and very interesting to look at. It was only for display, none of these pieces are for sale.
However, when the shipment of museum pieces comes in there is usually a lot of broken pieces of ancient glass which are not suitable for display in the museum. They break the broken glass into tiny pieces (actually chips) and make jewelry out of it. They use some type of epoxy to hold it together and each unique piece has different color chips – it reminded us both a bit of opals.
Bill bought me a really pretty pendant made out of silver and Roman glass that is 2,000-2,200 years old, give or take about 100 years. It even came with a certificate of authenticity.
When we got home we discovered it was after 8:00 at night! I had been so excited I didn't eat a bite of food all day – don't think I could have eaten. Bill went out to find food for us but everything was closed because of Passover. Unfortunately our dinner (our only meal for the day) was a bag of potato chips.
We both checked our email and Bill discovered he had already received a note from Harrison Dickerson, the Army Master Sergeant that was so kind to us in the Church of the Holy Sepulcher. Without him it is doubtful I would been able to go inside the tomb. Nor would we have been able to see the other things in the church that meant so much to me.
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