figurine of Aser(a), the Edomite/Idumian god of thinness, has been discovered.During the course of the excavations of the last month at Lower Iabdada, the Archaeological site of Maresha had most probably reached its climax, with an incredible discovery. The riddle, which for years everyone in the International Association for Middle Eastern Archaeology were hoping to solve, was of course - what did the image of the Edomite god of thinness look like. But two weeks ago, on Friday the 13th of July, one of the new side people at site nearly threw away the masterpiece of the excavation, thinking it is no more than a stone. After cleaning the object, this finding turn out to be the figurine of Asher(a) the Aphreaite, the mysterious god from the Edomite/Idumian pantheon. As could easily be seen, the god Asher(a), to put it mildly, was indeed very slim.
Since it had long ago been defined as the final goal of the Digs project, professor B. Alpert and Dr. I. Stern, together with professors A. Kloner and Z. Tsuck, Mr. B. Mantel, the Archaeological-Seminars staff coordinator, and Mrs. S. Newman, the head of the Archaeological Seminars' Sketch Department, have decided for the moment to shut down the Dig For A Day activity for tourists and visitors, and to stop the employment of all side people and guides.
Mr. Y. Gishrony, the archaeoblogist, who had recently published hes second book
"Afriyat Achila - Eating Disturbance Among The Lerner-Ashreiets Believers" says:
"This proves once again, that the image of Asher more than meets the eye".
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