7 Archaeological Digs You Can Join in 2025

 

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t’s not a coincidence that “vacation” rhymes with “excavation” — archeology-focused travels makes for some of the best trips you can take. Not a simple guided visit of Italy’s Pompeii or a quick tour of Hegra in Saudi Arabia, however, but a trip during which you can get down and dirty by actually partaking in an active archeological or paleontological dig. Because even if you don’t have a PhD in the field, you can join a dig to uncover ancient human remains, structures, artifacts, or even the skeletons of dinosaurs, as long as you’ve got the patience, physical health, schedule, and budget to do it.