Untitled

Baltimore HarborDon Michael Hudson, PhD Baltimore HarborDon Michael Hudson, PhD Baltimore HarborDon Michael Hudson, PhD Baltimore HarborDon Michael Hudson, PhD Baltimore HarborDon Michael Hudson, PhD

Balkan War One, Otocac, Croatia

Balkan War One (Croatia) July 2021Don Michael Hudson, PhD Balkan War One (Croatia) July 2021 “Go to the landscape that frightens you the most, and take pictures until you’re not scared anymore.” Robert Adams

La Puerta, San Diego (2022) Leica Q2 Mono

La Puerta, San Diego (2022)Leica Q2 MonoDon Michael Hudson, PhD

Caesarea MaritimaDon Michael Hudson, PhD Caesarea Maritima, Galilee King Herod’s port Canon 5D M3 I shot this at one of the most stunning archaeological-architectural sites in the world–King Herod’s port built with Roman ingenuity. Most of the site is ruins now except for the theater, but oh what ruins they are. I take all my students to see this site both for its significance but also it’s…

Tell Keisan, Israel-PalestineDon Michael Hudson, PhD Tell Keisan, Israel-Palestine Canon 5D M3 Tell Keisan is one of my favorite Tells from the ancient world, and I propose that it is one of the most important for understanding the history of the Southern Levant. “According to Pritchard (1981), this excavation is of major importance to the archaeological understanding of the Iron age in this…

Colors of Palestine Calendar 2023

There is a community in Canada who supports Palestinians and their cause for justice. Each year, they produce a beautiful calendar utilizing and profiling Palestinian artists, poets, and supporters. Image and word profile their talents while at the same time calling for the end of occupation and oppression. This morning I ordered their 2023 calendar. Want to do some good in a beautiful way?…

The Blue Water, Cook Inlet, AK

The Blue Waters, Cook Inlet, AKDon Michael Hudson, PhD

Cook Inlet, AlaskaDon Michael Hudson, PhD

Hearts of Gold @ La Puerta (July 2022)

Hearts of Gold @ La Puerta (July 2022)Leica Q2 MonoDon Michael Hudson,PhD

Frida Kahlo’s Birthday

Last week was Frida Kahlo’s birthday. She was definitely an outlier and misunderstood when she died in 1954. Now she is so popular she has collapsed into a cliche’. Last summer in Antwerp, there was an exhibition of her own photography and photos of her, her family, her life, her work. She endured a life of pain, but she painted much more than her pain. She rendered the pain graphically and…

The Gate, the Portal, the Firebreak

The Gate, the Portal, the FirebreakDon Michael Hudson, PhD The Gate, the Portal, the FirebreakDon Michael Hudson, PhD The Gate, the Portal, the FirebreakDon Michael Hudson, PhD The Gate, the Portal, the FirebreakDon Michael Hudson, PhD The Gate, the Portal, the FirebreakDon Michael Hudson, PhD

“Skirmishes of an untimely man”: How to Philosophize with a Hammer

Twilight in Alaska“Skirmishes of an untimely man.”Nietzsche From Twilight of the Idols or How to Philosophize with a Hammer, Nietzsche Leica Q2 Mono

Who Were the Ancient Israelites and Can We Get an Answer? Using DNA Toward an Answer

The Genomic History of the Bronze Age Southern Levant The Genomic History of the Bronze Age Southern LevantThe Megiddo ExpeditionDon Michael Hudson, PhD “In this paper ‘We report genome-wide DNA data for 73 individuals from five archaeological sites across the Bronze and Iron Ages Southern Levant. These individuals, who share the ‘‘Canaanite’’ material culture, can be modeled as descending from…

Goodnight, AnchorageDon Michael Hudson, PhD

John the Baptist Orthodox Church, Baptismal Site in Jordan (Interior)://

John the Baptist Orthodox Church, Baptismal Site in JordanDon Michael Hudson, PhD

John the Baptist Orthodox Church, Baptismal Site in Jordan (Exterior)://

John the Baptist Orthodox Church, Baptismal Site in JordanDon Michael Hudson, PhD

Jerash, Jordan: Canon 5D M3 (Jan 2016)://

Jerash, JordanDon Michael Hudson, PhD I took this photo shooting north from the Zeus Temple ruins. It was January and chilly but not too. As you can see in the photo, the sun is setting to the West (left), and I love this soft light edging twilight. This visit is my first to Jerash, and since then I tell anyone willing to listen, “If you want to see Rome in all its magnificent glory at one site,…