Hey, today was our first digging day and it was brutal hot, especially towards the end of the morning. Waking up early wasn't so bad and the actual digging isn't that hard but the heat is overwhelming. It's a good thing that we stop at 1pm.
Anyway, the pictures that I have for you today are of the already excavated areas and a few more from around the campsite.
This is the "guard dog" she does a lot of barking but is really a big softy and she is expecting puppies soon!
This is a Roman Bath house.
This is the Roman Forum which is still being excavated hence the wooden stairs. They are dating it to the 2nd C CE which makes it along with the theater the oldest features on the site.
Sorry, this one is a little blury but the light was fading. This is one half of the Roman Theater dated to the 2nd C. CE. It is enormous and most of the seats have the names of the theater's patrons carved onto them. It's kinda like buying a box in the Scotia Bank Place.
I would love to post more pictures but the internet is uncooperative lol. We went into Negotino a small town not far and exchanged our money into Denars and everything is so cheap. I bought a 2L bottle of Fanta and a juicy box of chocolate milk and it was 65 Denars and 200 Denars is 4 Canadian dollars, you do the math, so that means everyone is getting gifts from Macedonia because I am a millionaire here lol.
Tomorrow I will be able to post a picture of our half excavated site for your entertainment, so far we have semi-confirmed that there is a wall and part of a kitchen oven which is made of stone bricks and then they would put a clay lid on it to bake bread. There is no clay lid now but there is evidence that it collapsed into the hearth. We also have an abundance of collapsed roof tiles from the 6th C CE house which we are excavating so tomorrow we go deeper!
Oh and the new picture under the title is the baptistry which is located in the Episcopal Basilica. The mosaic on the floor has the fountain of life, deer (which represents us) who drink from the fountain and for some reason peacocks who represent godliness somehow,
Love you all until then!
-Lauren
Anyway, the pictures that I have for you today are of the already excavated areas and a few more from around the campsite.
This is the Roman Forum which is still being excavated hence the wooden stairs. They are dating it to the 2nd C CE which makes it along with the theater the oldest features on the site.
I would love to post more pictures but the internet is uncooperative lol. We went into Negotino a small town not far and exchanged our money into Denars and everything is so cheap. I bought a 2L bottle of Fanta and a juicy box of chocolate milk and it was 65 Denars and 200 Denars is 4 Canadian dollars, you do the math, so that means everyone is getting gifts from Macedonia because I am a millionaire here lol.
Tomorrow I will be able to post a picture of our half excavated site for your entertainment, so far we have semi-confirmed that there is a wall and part of a kitchen oven which is made of stone bricks and then they would put a clay lid on it to bake bread. There is no clay lid now but there is evidence that it collapsed into the hearth. We also have an abundance of collapsed roof tiles from the 6th C CE house which we are excavating so tomorrow we go deeper!
Oh and the new picture under the title is the baptistry which is located in the Episcopal Basilica. The mosaic on the floor has the fountain of life, deer (which represents us) who drink from the fountain and for some reason peacocks who represent godliness somehow,
Love you all until then!
-Lauren
5 comments:
Great pictures! Maybe you are going to be seeing some puppies while you are there. The site is way more than I imagined; you made a great choice. Are you considering a vacation property in Macedonia now?
Love you!
Mom
Well if things are that cheap I expect a BMW . DO NOT bring home a puppy!
Seriously it all looks awesome!
Amazing pictures! I'm so glad you didn't do something in Greece because well as you found out Greece = shithole, and they literally have nothing left to dig up! Looks like a lot of fun, maybe I'll go on one with you next year :P
Awesome pics Lauren. I did not realize that the area would be so big. Careful what you dig up now. Have fun. Love you. I also am expecting a fantastic gift from my millionaire granddaughter.
Glad to hear all is going well. I will take a pass on a Macedonian BMW too. The cats have been inviting over a lot of their friends. They said it was ok with you.
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