by JuliAnne Rach | Jul 8, 2018 | Research Blog
Our first work week in Turkey is already done! I have never been more physically exhausted or blissfully content in my life. I’m not going to lie, when I first got in to the dig house I was both overwhelmed and homesick. I had been traveling for two days and running...
by Hadley Evans Nash | Jul 8, 2018 | Research Blog
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...
by ronnholm | Aug 20, 2015 | Research Blog
Living and working in Turkey for a month has been probably one of the most interesting, unique, and influential experiences of my life. I learned more than I imagined I would about myself, Turkish culture, the history of the area and yes, archaeology as well. After...
by hubler1 | Aug 20, 2015 | Research Blog
Everything is over, I am the last straggler at the dig house. The excavation ended on Thursday, it was a hell of a day. Supposedly there is some magic that never ceases to occur on these final days, and I prove it true. I had a profound archaeologist moment when I...
by Eleanor Fuelling | Aug 16, 2015 | Research Blog
When I was little I would check the mail everyday with the hopes of finding a yellow-trimmed, plastic-wrapped magazine. When our National Geographic made its way to our house every month I would pore through the pages, feeling a little self-important because look how...
by schoepho | Aug 14, 2015 | Research Blog
AC5 closed AC4 closed Alas, the time has come for the end of our heroes’, The Filthy Five’s, epic journey at Antiochia ad Cragum. As the beautiful and sparkling nymphs weep along the ancient coastline...
