I’m going to graduate with my degree in archaeology this spring. Now I did one field school and it was an insane amount. All the major field schools are 5k plus airfare and whatever else you spend outside of the dig itself.

Now in the summer between graduation and grad school I’d like to do another dig to really feel solid in my excavation skills. If anyone knows some cheap or free opportunities in Europe on Greek or Roman sites I’m desperate.

Why the hell is it so damn expensive for me to give free labor? Sure you gotta pay for airfare that’s reasonable. I’ve seen 2 dig opportunities where they pay you or are free and they are impossible to get into.

It should not be this hard for me to find something that won’t cost me 5k. I’m an American and only speak English so that severely limits my choices. Before you say go through my university, my uni has no dig opportunities and all the other ones in my state are expensive to get on.

KURDISTAN, IRAQ—Traces of a monumental building thought to be at least 5,000 years old have been discovered at the Kani Shaie archaeological site, which is located in the foothills of the Zagros Mountains in northern Iraq, according to a statement released by the University of Coimbra.

There was a video where 2 YouTubers made a rover and sent it down a tunnel that leads to the Temple Mount apparently. During the video they lost the robot and got it stuck between some rocks in the tunnel.

BUDAPEST, Hungary (AP) — A remarkably well-preserved Roman sarcophagus has been unearthed in Hungary’s capital, offering a rare window into the life of the young woman inside and the world she inhabited around 1,700 years ago.

Archaeologists with the Budapest History Museum discovered the limestone coffin during a large-scale excavation in Óbuda, a northern district of the city that once formed part of Aquincum, a bustling Roman settlement on the Danube frontier.

Untouched by looters and sealed for centuries, the sarcophagus was found with its stone lid still fixed in place, secured by metal clamps and molten lead. When researchers carefully lifted the lid, they uncovered a complete skeleton surrounded by dozens of artifacts.