Deadline extended!

The official deadline for dig applications in now March 31st. Don't wait! We've got a good group coming and would love some more.

For Helen

A suggestion for this year's dig song.

Drew Magazine

Nice piece on the dig in the Drew magazine.

Etruscan News article

Check us out on p. 15: http://ancientstudies.fas.nyu.edu/docs/CP/963/etruscannews_vol11_winter2009.pdf

Dates for 2010

We're extending our season a bit this year, to six weeks from four, and splitting into two three-week sessions. The dates will be 6 June to 17 July.

End-of-Dig Press Conference

In case you're in the area...

This year's surprise

So here's this year's clean-up surprise: a gladiator on a lamp disc (~3cm tall). He's holding a curved sword in his right hand and a rectangular shield in his left. Looks to be the Thraex-type gladiator. No sign of him on the fragment until the pottery from that area got washed.