The pay was low, but the crew was awesome. The people were really nice, kind and lenient, they were explaining to us everything clearly and patiently. Only on first day we were working on the field and during that day I understood that the image of the archaeologists as a weak, frail people with glasses is a misunderstanding. The physical work with shovel, spatula, hoe and barrow plus some buckets - it is really hard, tiring and dirty activity. And I don't know what I have expected at that time, maybe some silver and gold artefacts from Egypt, but there have been only some traces in soil, clay and fragments of pottery. Now I know that there were probably remains of a village.On other days, the archaeologists were preparing documentation - everything has to be cleaned, described and properly secured. My sister and I, we were washing the fragments of pottery (in thousands) and flint tools (but there were only a few). It was really fun and somewhat incredible - it was hard to believe that this little fragment of pottery is like 3000 years old. Sometimes there were fingerprints on the inner side of them and the fragments of vessels were decored in different ways (prints, rites, paintings) with care and attention by a potter. It was amazing!
While washing old dishes
Awesome Crew (excavations in the background)
