Fun Classes & Hot Weather

     So this week we've gone to museums and churches for the most part in both of my classes. It's been pretty fun. And very convenient since they are both usually air-conditioned and it's in the high nineties around here. My room however is not air-conditioned, and I don't have a fan.. So that's less fun. Having the windows open only helps when there's a breeze and today there was none... I'm considering finding a church or museum or something to go study in.

     My Art and Archaeology class visited the catacombs under the basilica of St. Agnes today (where she was actually buried). It was pretty cool, and conversely to what movies and stories tell you, Christians did not hide in these catacombs during their persecution. First, they couldn't have survived the air down there for more than twenty minutes. And second, the Romans actually sold them the land and recently following the opening of the catacombs, Christianity was made legal by Constantine in 313AD. Anyway, the catacombs were interesting to see, most of the ones we saw were from the 4th Century AD (Constantine's reign.) It was a little creepy, seeing all the "shelves" where people were buried. But there were only 4 skeletons and they were behind glass. It was interesting to see just how small they would have been, maybe 4-4.5 feet at the most, and weighing only 150-170lbs. Crazy.

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     Photography class went to several churches including a church/museum with an area that was decorated entirely with bones of monks who were found nearby. It was kind of funny though because we weren't allowed to take pictures there, and we went there for a photo class. But it was still really interesting to see. A lot of the people in the program are anxious to see everything they possibly can, so I feel a little lazy, but I have another month to see some of this stuff, and My next Art&Arch class will be taking us to a lot of other churches and museums so I'll get to see even more stuff.

      So anyway finals are tomorrow meaning I'd better get back to work. (Although I am slightly farther along than I'd originally expected to be.)