Does history fascinate you? Do you feel excited to think about historical monuments, places, coins, epics etc? Do you like to explore the world in search of the historic events research and spend hours in the library to scroll through books on history which intrigues you so much? If you answer yes to most of them or all of them then archeology is the career for you. In this field you can not only quench your desires of exploring but also get yourself a respectable job and a great career. History let you indulge in archive keeping but also gives you a chance to travel the world. So if you are serious to get a future from the history get into archeology.

WHAT ARCHEOLOGY IS ALL ABOUT?
Archeology is the method of understanding history through science. Archeologist’s finds out the historic view point of places by digging them and study the coins, sculptures etc found in the digging process. There are different specialists involved like the books or papers found will be studied by a expert in that field while coins would be scrutinized by other expert to find out the time period of these things.

OPPURTUNITIES IN THE FIELD
Archeology is one subject in which you have scope in anthropology, chemistry or geology and you could be a director general, speaker, supreme archeologist, assistant archeologist etc. After completing the course from the reputed institution one can get the job as per his or her qualifications. Opportunities do not end with just being an archeologists and working with some digging exercises. There are around 657 museums in the country and demand for archeologists in these places. You can also work in the Museums, Art galleries, history department of the country, tourism, foreign affairs department, or can also impart your knowledge through education department. There are many good colleges and universities which pay well in this field.

ELIGIBILITY FOR THE SUBJECT COURSE
There are bachelors and masters degree and diploma courses available in the country offered by various institutions. After passing class 12th one can get admission into the bachelor’s course and then can go for post graduation course. One can only apply for PhD in the course after the post graduation. For diploma courses different institutions have different requirements. One has to through the institutions requirements before getting admission into the course.

PRIME INSTITUTIONS IN INDIA TO STUDY ARCHEOLOGY
1. School of Archeology, Archeological survey of India, Jan path, Delhi.
2. Annamalai University, Annamalai Nagar, Tamil Nadu. You can get more information at the website www.annamalaiuniversity.ac.in
3. Kanshi Hindu University. More information can be gathered at www.bhv.ac.in
4. Punjab University, Sector 14, Chandigarh. Get more on the place and the course on www.pvchd.ac.in
5. Calcutta University, Senate House, 87 College street, Calcutta- 700073
6. Patna University, Patna 800005
7. Jivaji University, Vidya Vihar, Gwalior-4740011
8. Rani Durgavati University, Panchmadi, Jabalpur- 482001
9. Kurukshetra University, Kurukshetra- 132119
 Besides these there are institutions which offer private courses in the field.