Teşekkürler

11 people are crammed into one very small car. We have a real life archeologist steering the ship. Next to him, a hobbit holds on for dear life while sitting on top of a pirate. In the backseat we’ve got two pirates and two Slytherins, and two more hobbit-esque...

Inspiring Inscription

A typical dig day goes a little something like this— 5:00 am—Awaken to the first progressing chords of “What the World Needs Now is Love Sweet Love” 5:01 am—Fight my way into the bathroom, and see if we have been blessed with actually having toilet paper. 5:06 am—Get...

In Praise of Ace

My most meaningful interactions here have been with a Turkish student named Ace. My friend Leah and I arrived a day early, and Ace and her friends offered to take us to the beach in our spare time. We wandered out of the dig house around 2pm, very hungry but very...