Hi, I’m Anita – I’m also in trench C! At the beginning of this week, we extended two areas on the eastern and southern sides of our trench. The southern part is a smaller square area that previously had a stone wall and a burial. A new burial was discovered last week next to the …
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ARVP 2025 – Week 1 Excursion – Chloë
We clambered into the bus at 9 in the morning, tired from a birthday celebration the previous night but beyond excited to see our first pieces of Romanian history and culture. Following a two hour drive through serene fields of wheat and corn blowing in the breeze, we wound our way up switchbacks into green …
ARVP 2025 – Week 1 – Jade
Hello! My name is Jade and I am from Trench C, a wonky-shaped grouping of squares with two Roman walls, a ditch, and some burials. In this first week we were working on removing a ton of backfill – the dirt that completely covers up a site when it is not being excavated. It is a …
ARVP 2025 Week 1 – Kiera
Welcome to the first week of excavation from ARVP’s 2025 season! Two new trenches were opened in Section A of the site, Trench A East and Trench A West. Trench C is still going strong from last year! Most of the week was spent digging through topsoil, and all that shoveling and spading through the …
Week 4 – Octavian R.
Week four marked the last day of the campaign, our numbers were cut short by the departure of the Canadian team, yet our spirits remained high.The weather was a bit hotter than usual for this time of the year, but at least there was no more rain to slow us down, however the ground was …
Week 4 – Florian B.
I woke up at 6 a.m. like usual. The shock of the early time is not as strongly felt as in the previous weeks. After I prepared myself for the excavation, I went outside and I instantly realized that is not the same vibe of loud chattering and laughing, a sort of emptiness wrapped the …
Week 3 Excursion – Charlie
Though the dig ended on Saturday, the fun did not stop! For our final excursion we visited three places Castelul Corvinilor, Ulpia Traiana Sarmizegetusa, and the Densus church. The castle was certainly majestic, the kind of place you wouldn’t be surprised to see Dracula show up in. The stairs were twisty and small but the …
Third week in Area A – Veronica
It’s hard to believe that after all our weeks together, (most of) the Canadian team is heading home. I know that I, for one, will miss our days spent together digging in the trench and looking up to the fields of alfalfa and sunflowers and the distant mountains. The thing I’ll miss the least, however, …
ARVP 2024 Week 3 Update – Lisa R
This post marks the third week of the dig, which is also the final stretch for most of the Canadian student team, including myself. It’s been an incredible experience and I’m amazed by how much we’ve done and learned in such a short time. I’ve been assigned to Trench C for the duration of this …
ARVP 2024 – 2nd weekend excursion – Caroline Armstrong
AVRP 2024 2nd Weekend Excursion to Turda:Our second weekend excursion this AVRP season consisted of a short bus ride to Turda, a lovely city southeast of Cluj, famous for its salt mine. Before going into Salina Turda, we took a quick peruse through the Museum of Sandulesti, where we familiarized ourselves with the local archaeology …
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