It's just a f***ing hole!

So we dug about a mile (not actually) in what we originally thought might be a tomb... and as it turns out, it's not a tomb. We reached the end of the hole on the front and found no stairs. Digging deeper we found.... pretty much nothing. It was just a large f-ing hole filled with a large piece of the wall, which had been knocked in. We found a tiny little bit of pottery too. That was it. Sad day. Carolina, my boss, thinks that it may have been a well which was connected to a thermal spring which the Romans used to gather water for the bath. It was majorly disappointing.

I gave up hope fairly early on (once we found the other wall) and stopped digging. I chose to volunteer to focus on the other patch, in which we've found most of the awesome stuff we found. Yesterday, I found the base, the rim, and an intact handle of an amphora. The rim and handle appear to be from the same amphora. I also found a complete bottom of a drinking glass (made of pearly, white glass). Today, I drew a sketch of the next layer, cleaned it, took photos of it (with a really nice camera that I previously had no idea how to use... and still only barely understand), and took all sorts of graphic measurements of it with some fancy equiptment. I learn so much everyday, and I'm having such an amazing time.

Right now, I've pretty much narrowed down what I want to study at Barnard. I'm leaving it open for change, but I'm excited to have a rough idea at least. I'm planning to major in either Anthropology (with an archaeology focus) or history, with a double minor in religious studies and music. I'm really interested in music history and the way music has shaped and been shaped by culture and society, particularly religious music. This is a document based study, and so falls more in the field of history. However, I'm also really interested in ancient Rome and archaeology. So, I'll study a bit of everything and I'm sure I'll narrow things down soon. No need to plan my specialty now! As far as careers go, the top choices are currently Rabbi and Professor. My friend Sarah told me the other day that she thinks I would make a very funny, cool Professor. Hopefully, I could apply my humor to both college lectures or synagogue sermons. Whatever I become, I'm having an awesome time right now, and I am so excited to explore it more next year!