Andie said...
PART 2
I started working in Egyptian archaeology quite by accident. I went on holiday to Egypt and found prehistoric flint artefacts at a Roman fort which were so interesting that I decided to move into research in Egypt. That meant re-training and going back to university. It takes time!I don't spend much time looking for artefacts.
My job is usually to try and learn from the items that other people dig up. I spend a lot of time in museums. When I am looking for artefacts it tends to be in places where we have good reason to find them so it may take years to uncover an entire area, but we tend to find lots of things as we go.My favourite part of working in archaeology is the sense that something new is always around the corner, and that nothing is ever predictable.
I also love Egypt and the desert, so it is always a pleasure to be there.The only time I dislike archaeology is when it is cold outdoors (and it can be even in Egypt!), when we have had to camp for over a week in the heat without access to showers, or when I am trying to finish a report to a deadline which is very near!
Do you think this would be an interesting job?
wow it would be pretty hard to work in the plane desert while its really hot out for days, thx for answering all our questions!
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does your family live there with you? if not you you miss them? do they come visit you?
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Thanks for answering our questions. Do you still work on archeology sites when tourists are around? Do you find it hard to work around them? Do working with or around the tourists make it interesting, answering their questions and other things?
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