PNS: This is Rita Trevalyan here with Davida Iszrri. You’re from Israel, right, Dr. Iszriri?
Davida: Right, but call me Davida. Dr. Iszriri is my mother the medical doctor. I’m just a simple archaeologist.
PNS: Not so simple. You’ve made a few discoveries, haven’t you?
Davida: Yes, all of us have. What used to be a city very close to our encampment. And it’s in remarkably well preserved condition.
PNS: Does the city have a name?
Davida: We are calling it Cerberus after the three headed dog who used to guard the entrance to Hades, to make sure that only the dead entered there.
PNS: Cerberus, interesting name.
Davida:but Winifred, our ancient language expert, is working even now on translation to discover their name for the city.
PNS: Where did you get your PhD?
Davida: Tel Aviv University, then I did some postdoctoral study in Jerusalem. I was studying the Western wall of the Temple, the Wailing Wall, when I was called to this mission.Did you know that under the right wind conditions the Wailing Wall actually does wail?
PNS: No, I didn’t. I thought it got its name because of the people who stand there and wail over the destruction of the Temple.
Davida:: Well, that too.
PNS: How did Dr. Harris manage to learn their language so she could translate it?
Davida: Well you’re going to have to have another interview with her, aren’t you? But to make a long story short, she discovered that it resembles ancient Mayan, except that the characters are phonetic, like ancient Egyptian rather than ideographic.
PNS: Thank you, Davida for a very interesting talk. Tune in next week for another inspiring interview of another member of the Proserpina Exploration Team.
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