A. Rust and D.A.E. Garrod: Different Attitudes
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(image) This is a Photograph taken from the Yabrud I rock shelter from Rusts Yabrud Monograph (1950). To better understand the origin of Paleolithic stone tools in Central Europe, Alfred Rust (1900-1983) , at this time non-academic amateur Archaeologists, began a bike trip to the Middle East in 1930 together with a friend. Leaving from Hamburg on 1 September, they crossed the Balkans, Turkey, Syria, Palestine, and finally succeeded at the cost many adventures and sufferings to Alexandria in Egypt. Exhausted and suffering from disease, Rust was hospitalized at Nebek, 80km north of Damascus……….. Read MoreRead and find more great archaeology blogs at: Archaeology Blog Project