by Julia Moss | Jul 25, 2023 | Research Blog
So far, my experience at Antiochia ad Cragum and Turkey as a whole has been both fantastic and extremely difficult. For me, the heat was really difficult to deal with as I arrived, and it made all the changes around me even harder to deal with. Before we began working...
by John Shorter | Jul 25, 2023 | Research Blog
I think I would sum up my experience at the dig so far as pretty much exactly what I expected when I signed up for getting up at 5 am to dig holes for 8 hours every day. The things that exceeded my expectations were how amazing all the friends I’ve made are, how...
by Kaylyn Scourbys | Jul 25, 2023 | Research Blog
I did not know how happy I would be here! It reminds me a lot of where I grew up in CA. The mountains, the ocean, the beautiful nature, everything. What is different than my hometown I would say is how nice people are. In CA, people are not nice. Everyone is in a...
by Lucy Court | Jul 25, 2023 | Research Blog
My time in Turkiye so far has been amazing, both intellectually and physically. While in retrospect, I probably should have worked harder to be ready physically for the dig, I feel like I am doing fairly well and working as hard as I possibly can. Though I was told...
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 Nick Braun | Jul 25, 2023 | Research Blog
I LOVE picking up big rocks on the site, and I’m not afraid to admit it. I can’t say that I’m surprised about that, but it’s nice to know that I could find my calling in Turkey. Oh yeah, the other parts of archaeology are fun too though. I learned that it can be quite...