Thanks to heavy rainfall this past week, Lew’s reflecting pool has made a brief reappearance behind the Study. Take a look at this historic photo of the reflecting pool… …then compare it to a photo taken this morning. You can almost see it, can’t you?
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The archaeologists from the University of Indianapolis have made a couple of interesting discoveries this afternoon during their excavation of Lew Wallace’s reflecting pool. What do you think they could be? These are two glass pieces being held together. A drinking glass from long ago, perhaps? This is a small, […]
So what did we find this weekend during this spring’s History Beneath Us excavation? Probably the most dramatic find was the metal vessel – bowl, pot, chamber pot, pitcher, whatever. The crew removed it from the ground and have taken it back to the lab at the University of Indianapolis […]
The crew from University of Indianapolis is here preparing for this weekend’s History Beneath Us public archaeology program! One group of UIndy students are removing the backfill from the initial excavation of the reflecting pool so that they can begin digging where they left off in September. Dr. Christopher Moore, […]
As work was completed on General Lew Wallace’s personal study building in 1898, the General sought to add some water features adjacent to the now-iconic building. He had a fish-stocked moat ring the eastern half of the study, and to the north, he placed a stone-rimmed reflecting pool by which […]