Are there medical constraints for an archaeological career ?
Archaeology is physical labour : you have to spend long hours on your knees, you bend in half to crawl into a tomb, you have be perched on top of a wall to copy inscriptions or you have to work most of the day in the very hot sun. Right there, it is the kind of work that demands a certain level of agility and endurance. However, the most important is not your physical shape but your health. If you work in Africa, South America, Asia or the Middle East… you are in third-world countries where you can easily fall seriously ill because water is not drinkable, the sanitary installations are lacking and there are all sorts of dangerous tropical diseases you might contract. If you have a poor health, it is not recommended that you work in those countries. Talk to your medical doctor to know if you are healthy enough for the job. However, if you work in North America, Europe or Australia… it is much easier !!! Whether it is from the point of view of infectious diseases or modern hospital a
