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Jul 13, 2023Liked by Elizabeth

I'd go dig at Sardis in Turkey. Generational excavations can be exciting!

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iceland or greenland! they are amazing places and not as scorching hot as most archaeological digs!

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Very smart.

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Jul 17, 2023Liked by Elizabeth

I’d love to go on a dig in Israel! So much history

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Hi Hannah! Congrats! You won the raffle — can you please email your address to whattoreadif@substack.com? Thanks!

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Omg I just gasped!!! Yes!!!!!! Weeeeee!!!!!

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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?

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So now I'm trying to draw a distinction between the two. There is a difference but I'm having trouble articulating it.

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I think it's if they're solving a murder! (Maybe not, I'm just particularly fond of that trope 😉)

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Jul 14, 2023Liked by Elizabeth

I'd want to dig in the American West! Montana, Wyoming...

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Dinosaurs?!

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Jul 14, 2023Liked by Elizabeth

Somewhere in Israel!

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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.

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This is a smart move. Always go where the food is delicious.

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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.

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Interesting!

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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.

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Jul 14, 2023·edited Jul 14, 2023Liked by Elizabeth

Timbuktu to find lost manuscripts

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Love this!

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Jul 14, 2023Liked by Elizabeth

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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Hi Melanie! You won the raffle. Can you please email your address to whattoreadif@substack.com. Thanks!

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Jul 13, 2023Liked by Elizabeth

My sister just came back from seeing Pompeii. I would love to go there!

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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!

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As someone dying in a D.C. summer, I appreciate thinking through the weather.

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Jul 13, 2023Liked by Elizabeth

Would love to go on a dig just about anywhere, but for the purposes of this drawing I’ll say Greece!

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Jul 13, 2023Liked by Elizabeth

A Swedish island with Viking artifacts, like Gotland or Öland.

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Jul 13, 2023Liked by Elizabeth

I'd love to dig in Israel, which is somewhere I have always wanted to visit.

Thanks for sharing, this book sounds amazing!

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