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I Volunteered for This?! Life on an Archaeological Dig

Flanders Field in Northern Israel:
A Hazor Volunteer’s Story

By Bryan Kovach

Kovach

I am an archaeology student, yet I’ve always felt that archaeologists are rather odd. They see houses and walls where
other people see piles of stones. They scribble and babble among themselves in languages that the living no longer
remember.
Despite their peculiarities, however, I always knew that I wanted to be an archaeologist. As I see it, they have two
jobs. First, they must summon from soil, pottery and other debris an understanding of long-lost civilizations. Second, by
telling us something about the achievements and failures of the past, archaeologists help us gauge the capabilities of
our modern world.
© 2006 Biblical Archaeology Society

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