this book sounds so great! (and "unlikely group of friends" feels like a cousin to the "quirky groups of people" subgenre we've talked about!) I'd love to do a dig in Ireland--there's got to be all kinds of wild old stuff there, right?
This book sounds so awesome, immediately added to my Goodreads to-read list! If digs in reality are profoundly boring as Kate says, I want to go somewhere where the evenings after work would be fantastic. I'll say Italy - great food, great vibe, and gorgeous scenery.
My mom and I volunteered for an archeological dig in western North Carolina for a weekend one summer and you're right - it's incredibly boring. Sifting dirt, mostly. But if I did it again, I'd like to check out Latin America, with all their mysterious pyramids.
Sounds like such a fun book and great premise! I'd love to go back to Greece, possibly Santorini. But it's been awhile- there are likely other locations with active digs.
I can’t wait to read this book! A dig in Scotland would be beautiful, interesting and maybe not so hot. I am not sure I could make it in Greece, so Scotland it is!
I'd go dig at Sardis in Turkey. Generational excavations can be exciting!
iceland or greenland! they are amazing places and not as scorching hot as most archaeological digs!
Very smart.
I’d love to go on a dig in Israel! So much history
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Omg I just gasped!!! Yes!!!!!! Weeeeee!!!!!
this book sounds so great! (and "unlikely group of friends" feels like a cousin to the "quirky groups of people" subgenre we've talked about!) I'd love to do a dig in Ireland--there's got to be all kinds of wild old stuff there, right?
So now I'm trying to draw a distinction between the two. There is a difference but I'm having trouble articulating it.
I think it's if they're solving a murder! (Maybe not, I'm just particularly fond of that trope 😉)
I'd want to dig in the American West! Montana, Wyoming...
Dinosaurs?!
Somewhere in Israel!
This book sounds so awesome, immediately added to my Goodreads to-read list! If digs in reality are profoundly boring as Kate says, I want to go somewhere where the evenings after work would be fantastic. I'll say Italy - great food, great vibe, and gorgeous scenery.
This is a smart move. Always go where the food is delicious.
My mom and I volunteered for an archeological dig in western North Carolina for a weekend one summer and you're right - it's incredibly boring. Sifting dirt, mostly. But if I did it again, I'd like to check out Latin America, with all their mysterious pyramids.
Interesting!
Sounds like such a fun book and great premise! I'd love to go back to Greece, possibly Santorini. But it's been awhile- there are likely other locations with active digs.
Timbuktu to find lost manuscripts
Love this!
What was once Mesopotamia and is now Iraq would be my ideal destination - but I’d take Greece or Turkey too 😏
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My sister just came back from seeing Pompeii. I would love to go there!
I can’t wait to read this book! A dig in Scotland would be beautiful, interesting and maybe not so hot. I am not sure I could make it in Greece, so Scotland it is!
As someone dying in a D.C. summer, I appreciate thinking through the weather.
Would love to go on a dig just about anywhere, but for the purposes of this drawing I’ll say Greece!
A Swedish island with Viking artifacts, like Gotland or Öland.
I'd love to dig in Israel, which is somewhere I have always wanted to visit.
Thanks for sharing, this book sounds amazing!