I am chairing the Iranian Archaeology session at the annual meeting of the American Schools of Oriental Research (ASOR) in San Diego in November. I have organized the sessions, invited several Iranian scholars to attend the meetings, and have secured full funding for them from the American Institute for Iranian Studies (AIIrS). It has been quite a task trying to facilitate the visa process, but word is that they should at least be able to get appointment times at the US Embassy at Dubai for next week. Inshallah!
Was just speaking with a colleague today about trying to implement 3-D laser scanning at our site, Erebuni. I took one look at the technology and said, sign me up! But then saw the equipment set-up, and said.."how in the world are we going to get that to Armenia??" Its carrying box is 1x1 meter square, it needs its own computer to tell it what to do, needs an enormously heavy battery pack (imagine a car battery, but heavier), a tripod, a swivel mount. I am thinking about the problems we had with trying to get a medical kit and stadia rod thru customs...and my head is reeling.
Our co-director is going to set up a website for the Erebuni project, hopefully this week...
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