About us

Alba iulia, Romania

Explore Apulum was founded in 2022 after 2 years of Covid-19 restrictions that affected the major volunteering companies that operated around the world and shut down all the projects in Romania. As former staff of one of those companies, we want to offer the same experience to people still interested in doing volunteer work in archaeology and decided we should try to build something locally with help from former volunteers that became our ambassadors around the world and our quality guarentees of our program.

Thus, Explore Apulum started small, without the big companies that kept all the profit, so we can keep these programs running, being more affordable while making a decent living out of it. Having our own baby-company be assure we put our heart and soul into it to offer you the best experience and an adventure to remember and share with others back home. We look forward to uncover exciting things alongside you, 

 

Diana & Andrei, co-founders of Explore Apulum

The Team on site

Diana Szabo

Archaeologist, 39, Romania
Diana leads the daily operations of Explore Apulum. After completing her Master Degree in Archaeology, she worked with a large company with volunteers at different archaeology projects. Her positive volunteering experiences led her to believe that other like-minded people would also enjoy similar opportunities. She went on to create Explore Apulum with her friend from university Andrei Iosif.
Hobbies: Fishing & playing with her cat, Missy.
Dream volunteer project: Fund a full archaeological dig in the ancient roman mine village of Roșia Montană
Email: diana@eapulum.com
Phone/Whatsup:+40755523637

Andrei Iosif

Archaeologist, 31, Romania
Andrei leads the daily operations of Explore Apulum. After completing his Master Degree in Archaeology, he volunteered at different archaeology projects. His positive volunteering experiences led him to believe that other like-minded people would also enjoy similar opportunities. He went on to create Explore Apulum with his friend from university Diana Szabo.
Hobbies: Gaming, Movies, Barbecues
Dream volunteer project: Fund a full archaeological dig in the ancient roman city of Apulum
Email: andrei@eapulum.com
Phone/Whatsup: +40745959140

Our Ambassadors Around the World

Hannah Howley

Café manager, 20, UK
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Keely Winslow

Student, 20, USA
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Nikki Osborne

Teacher, 30, New Zeeland
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our Mission

Save and protect ancient artefacts from permanent destruction while teaching others everything we know about the fascinating work of archaeology

our Vision

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our Values