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09/19/09
Megan Webb was looking for some extra credit and a way to learn more about ceramics when she signed up with the University of Washington Field School's excavation program at Tel Dor on the Mediterranean coast of Israel. 
Courtesy photoTOP: Megan Webb, an Annapolis native, spent five weeks this summer at Tel Dor, an archeological site of an ancient port town on Israel's Mediterranean coast. TOP: She found this portrait of Alexander the Great, carved into a half-inch by quarter-inch gemstone, while digging at the site. BOTTOM: Megan Webb found the 2,300 year old gemstone portrait near the brown ladder to the right. Find Us On Facebook
But during her five weeks as an amateur archaeologist, the Annapolis native made what may be the "find of the year." "It's incredibly lucky apparently - beginner's luck," Webb laughed. Sifting through the dirt and sand in a tight passage framed by three ancient walls, Webb found a small gemstone with the portrait of Alexander the Great painstakingly carved into...
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