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Day 7 - Rubble walls and a storage jars.
Today trench 2 really came into its own. The walls are clear and are showing major differences. The back wall is clearly made out of...
Jan 282 min read


Day 6 - Sun, Sickness, Overindulgence
Today we paid the price for a week of being boiled in the sun. Wednesday and Thursday were especially hot with exceptional UVs, resulting...
Jan 282 min read


Day 5 - Risks and opportunities. (Not for publication until Ankara report)
At this stage of the excavations choices have to be made, which limit what can be done in the final week, when recording becomes top...
Jan 283 min read


Day 4 - Impoverishment?
Today Trench 1 started to slow down. Most of the heavy digging is done here and the opus sectile floor starts to reveal itself as a...
Jan 282 min read


Day 3 - Our shops start to get weird. (Not for publication unitl Ankara reeport)
Today was another of major advances in Trench 1, where Simon, Sam, and today Zsolt, have been making major advances with a strong team of...
Jan 282 min read


Day 2 - Excavation Begins
Another hot day on the Colonnaded Street and Lower Agora with occasional powerful gusts of wind. Enough to make me worried that the...
Aug 15, 20242 min read


Day 1 - 11th August 2024
The first day on site of our campaign for 2024 passed off surprisingly well. With the help of Omer and the team of architects from...
Aug 14, 20243 min read
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