Hello. Welcome to Heather's Digs. I'm Heather and I am 13 years old. When I grow up I would like to be an archaeologist. "Dig" is a word that archaeologists and paleontologists use when they talk about an excavation. Excavations are places where ancient artifacts such as pottery, tools, remains of cities, graves, and other things are being rediscovered, or dug up.
I think archaeology and paleontology are fun because it is like hunting for clues and solving a mystery. If you like excitement and adventure, and aren't afraid of hard long hours of work, then come along with me on the digs listed below and have fun while you learn interesting stuff about the past!
Current Excavations
"This dusty old stuff" represents people of the past. These people are interesting to learn about and, even though they didn't have cars or computers or tv or video games, they contributed a lot to society as we know it today.
The past is interesting, but the ancient past is even more mysterious because, while our parents and grandparents might be able to tell us about life before television was popular, and maybe even about life before cars where popular, there is no one alive today that can tell us a first hand story of what it was like to live along the Nile River in the days when the Great Pyramids were being constructed, or what it was like to be a child living in the Anasazi cliff dwellings in Mesa Verde, Colorado! The more artifacts that can be found, and the more heiroglyphics and picture writings that can be deciphered, the more information and insight we will gain into the mysterious peoples of the past. And the same thing is true about American Indians, the Mayan People, and the Aztecs.
It takes longer to learn about these ancient civilizations than it does to read a book about more recent events in history, but it is fun and interesting to be able to put all of the pieces together and learn something new. It is like solving an ancient mystery, or putting together an ancient jigsaw puzzle, and I LOVE to solve mysteries AND do puzzles!
Send me a message and tell me what you like about archaeology and I will send you the instructions to make an Egyptian-looking bracelet. I might even post some of your comments right here so that others can see what you think, too! Be sure to say that you are sending a message to Heather, care of L.I.F.E. Academy.
Digging For Information
L.I.F.E. Academy of Home Learning
Heather's Help
Library of L.I.F.E.
Odyssey in Egypt
Ancient Civilizations Page
Egypt
Wonders of Egypt
