by | Jul 31, 2019 | Research Blog
First of all, we don’t fight nazis on a regular basis. Nor have I ever seen anyone melt from the Arc of the Covenant. In reality, it’s a whole lot less glamourous. Indy is far too clean to be working on a dig. We spend all day scraping though dirt and...
by | Jul 31, 2019 | Research Blog
There aren’t many similarities between Indiana Jones and me, and that’s probably a good thing. His experiences with archaeology are much different than my own. Even though I work in a pit, I haven’t had any snakes yet. Although I do wear a hat, it’s not nearly as cool...
by Donald Rigby | Jul 31, 2019 | Research Blog
At first glance, I will admit that the archaeology which we practice on a day to day basis at Antiochia may seem a bit mundane. After all, digging up dirt in warm weather is probably not what most would call their “ideal summer”. A further lack of understanding due to...
by | Jul 31, 2019 | Research Blog
I have already been asked the question, “what are you going to be doing there?” too many times to count. My answers before coming on the trip are nothing like they will be when I return because I honestly didn’t know much about archaeology. It was a hard question to...
by | Jul 28, 2019 | Research Blog
There are plenty of people in the world who do not understand the truth about archaeology. Pretty much everyone I’ve told that I was doing this made an Indiana Jones joke, and to be frank, not all of them were unfunny or gross misconceptions about archaeology....
by | Jul 19, 2019 | Research Blog
My first week in Turkey has been a sensory and information overload. Turkey is hot, dry, and dusty, – a bit of an adjustment from the hot, humid, wonderfully verdant summers of my native Virginia. Yet while the change of landscape and topography was shocking,...
