Speaking Archaeologically™

In our last post, you read how an idiosyncratic Panel of five archaeologists started posting their findings on the Facebook page Speaking Archaeologically,  drawing interested people and parties from all over the world. Today's post is about what happened next! Within two months of its inception,  the Panelists began to receive  invites and emails from several amateurs and professionals to visit new towns and cities, with lost archaeological stories and historical anecdotes, so that, they could include them on the Global Archaeological Map.  Travelling to all these sites was, however,  impossible for the Panel. Long journeys, international flights and brain wracking archaeological work is not easily done, especially when one has to rely on personal finances for the work, after all! This gave birth to Phase II of Speaking Archaeologically: something the Panelists christened   Citizen  Archaeology .  Drawing inspiration from th...

The post that changed it all! Speaking Archaeologically is "[A]n archaeologist's attempt to start a platform for all freelance archaeologists and volunteers to further the cause of archaeology worldwide!" Well easier said than done. An idea is all that is needed to seed great works. One such idea came to be known as Speaking Archaeologically. It all started with the picture of a palace which grew into an organisation. On a fateful day in the early months of 2015, a young girl is struck by two pictures of a palace in Himachal Pradesh (a province in the northern India) which had been in shadows for a long time. Upon her mother's suggestion, these pictures were posted on social media Facebook. However, what happened next was unanticipated. The pictures not only received an overwhelming response from people all over the globe but there were also requests flooding in with people sharing their pictures of lost/unacknowledged heritages. As it was to be,...