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<h1 class="post-title p-name" itemprop="name headline">Those Roman dudes were pretty cool actually</h1>
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<time class="dt-published" datetime="2021-08-27T00:45:00+03:00" itemprop="datePublished">Aug 27, 2021
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<p><img src="https://ler.pukeko.xyz/assets/cesearea.jpg" alt="Ruins of Cesearea" />
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<sub>Shot with the incredible Fuji X-T30, 18-55 F2.8 Kit lens @ 55mm, F5.6 </sub></p>
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<p>The ol’ family and I traveled to Jerusalem and Cesearea this week, so I can feel like a tourist again.
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Harkening back to my tourist days, I recalled the somber words of an Australian father down in Tasmania, after I expressed my wonder at the scope of domestic travel availble to Aussies.
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<em>“We’ve got things to see, sure, but in Israel, you have such history!”</em></p>
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<p>And boy howdy, do we now.</p>
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<p>We went into the Westren Wall tunnels, a destination that (amazingly!) not one of the dozen or so institutions that dragged me to there bothered letting us into.
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That bit outside? it’s nice. But there’s a <em>nicer</em> bit inside!</p>
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<p>As it turns out, the actual Jerusalem lies a good few meters under the ground, and the Muslim empires that came after the Romans simply raised the whole gosh darn city to be even with this <strong>massive</strong> temple complex. Has not a single school, course, government or military institution thought to mention this awesome fact?</p>
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<p>Deep inside, there’s a surreal women’s shul (Yes, I know this word now), and below it is the single biggest stone of the wall - which weights (or so the guide claimed) like approximately 60 African Elephants - about 3 meters deep, 14 meters wide and 3 meters tall. And on it, you can still see the chisel marks from Herod’s stonemasons. <em>2000 year old chisel marks!</em> that’s history right there, folks!</p>
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<p>There’s even a fraction of authentic Jerusalem street buried underneath (yes, the Muslims just… built right on top of it. Mind boggling.).</p>
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<p><img src="https://ler.pukeko.xyz/assets/old_temple.jpg" alt="Old Temple era Jerusalem street" />
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<sub>It just keeps going on top! How has no one told me this??</sub></p>
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<p>That whole complex was so god darn <em>massive</em>, in fact, the Romans themselves (they really did go on for quite a bit, didn’t they) failed to destroy it after the Jewish Bar Kochva rebellion - yes, there’s also that bit. Slightly less awesome.</p>
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<p>That same crazy Herod (why <em>is</em> it Herod in English?) went on, or perhaps came from - I didn’t do my reasearch - the northen city of Cesearea, named after… the cesear [note: this is intensely ironic in today’s political climate). What can I say, it seems like they had a chill hangout spot back then.</p>
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<p><img src="https://ler.pukeko.xyz/assets/roman_pillar.jpg" alt="Roman-style pillar in Cesearea" />
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<sub>Hardly anything like this lying around Tassie, is there?</sub></p>
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<p>In Cesearea, I discovered several things:</p>
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<p>Whoever’s in charge of Israel’s national parks has no aesthetic sensitivity whatsoever (see garbage can in image below)</p>
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<p>Hadera’s famous Wieners, Cesearea and the bunch of those Kibbutzes are within spitting distance, and I should really get around to studying geography</p>
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<p>Those Romans knew how to have a good time.</p>
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<p><img src="https://ler.pukeko.xyz/assets/cesearea_old_new.jpg" alt="Hadera's Wieners and Herod's Wieners" />
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<sub>Old & New in Cesearea. Can you see the garbage bin?</sub></p>
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<p>As I stood there gazing at King Herod’s mighty vacation palace sinking in the sea, I could not help but wonder - is there any point aside from having a good time?</p>
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<p><img src="https://ler.pukeko.xyz/assets/herod_palace.jpg" alt="Herod's Vacation Palace" />
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<sub>I’d go for a swim.</sub></p>
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<p>I’d like to imagine Herod as a smug bastard sitting in that pool (yes, it is a pool) enjoying a nice glass of Roman wine, and that really helps.</p>
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