Monday, June 15, 2026

"you could have lied"

E.M's colleague has an archaeological dig near Corinth, and they invited us to come for a visit. So I went off for the day with EM and we got a tour of a dig site from a real archaeologist who loves their work and introduced us to several other archaeologists and showed us so many relics dating back millennia (some 600 B.C.) and archaeology journals from the 1920s and 30s.

I geeked out big time all day in Isthmia and Corinth and got home rather late. And then I might have said it was the best day of the vacation. "Ouch" Big A said, "You could have lied." Ha.

Pic: I'm holding a cup from the Byzantium age in my own dang hand. I also saw a lamp, where the clay had been wet when the potter was handling it, so their fingerprint is deposited on it. From 2300 years ago! #Greece

8 comments:

Jeanie said...

That would be unbelievably cool! Love Big A's comment! I have a feeling Rick might have said the same.

Nance said...

Wow, what an awesome opportunity! I'd have spent a long, long time there, too. You seeing the ancient fingerprint reminds me of looking up close at a Vermeer in the National Gallery: I started crying when I saw an actual brush hair. It just made him (and that whole era) more human to me, and I was in awe.

StephLove said...

That sounds amazing, especially the fingerprint.

J said...

Amazing, amazing, amazing.

maya said...

Ha. I guess we could be more diplomatic :)

maya said...

"a brush with history," one might say... Sorry! I couldn't help myself! I'm glad we are such nerds though.

maya said...

My hands shook...

maya said...

I felt like they were a rockstar. Like do their students even know?

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