Recycled

If I could describe Turkey in one word, it would be recycled. And I don’t assign some of the common connotations associated with this word like hand-me-down or worn. Recycled, in the way I am using it, instead holds connotations of rejuvenated, reinvented, well...

Mystery as Motivation

It’s been an exciting week at the northeast temple. We seem to have hit a particularly rich layer: although the soil color and consistency have not changed, in recent days we’ve seen an uptick in exciting finds, including a small amphora, two small lamps,...

Week Three

I spent most of week three working with the lovely ladies up at the temple, in the north trench. The  north temple trench is formed by two retaining walls that we think were used to protect the temple from alluvium washed down the hill side,  and a third wall that...