by Hannah Butler | Aug 14, 2023 | Research Blog
The advice I would offer to future people on the trip is to bring goggles. You will go to beautiful clear water with fish, and cool rocks: its worth having a way to see below the waves. One of my most memorable moments was swimming fifteen minutes out from Bidi Bidi...
by Hannah Butler | Aug 8, 2023 | Research Blog
I went into this archology field school experience expecting to learn the basics of archaeology and conclude if its a field I would want to peruse or not. I expected to learn basic archology excavation skills. Which I have, I now know how to use a trowel, level, type...
by Hannah Butler | Aug 1, 2023 | Research Blog
This past week my perspectives on many things have evolved: I now have a better understanding of myself socially, and my interests within archeology. One thing about this trip my supervisor told me is you are always going to be a little bit exhausted: I have found...
by Hannah Butler | Jul 25, 2023 | Research Blog
I think one thing myself and other interns I have talked to agree upon is Antiochia as a site is a lot bigger than we thought. When I was reading about the site mapping out the site in my notebook before I got here I never really understood the sheer scale of the...
by Hannah Butler | Jul 13, 2023 | Research Blog
The Northeast temple particularly caught my mind in the readings. The mystery of not knowing exactly what God the temple belonged to caught my intention as well as the architecture of the temple, and Roman temples as a whole. I had to google, but enjoyed learning all...