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David Connolly
November 23, 2014 7:43 AM
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Birmingham’s flourishing jewellery quarter has created stunning replicas of a number of the most famous Hoard items for the new displays, including this breathtaking reconstruction of the folded cross, depicted in all its unfurled glory with...
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David Connolly
November 22, 2014 1:37 PM
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Intrigue over how German-made 12th century blade, adorned in Sweden, reached Siberia.
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David Connolly
November 19, 2014 1:42 PM
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Chemical based on shrimp protein could preserve famous wooden ships like the Mary Rose
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David Connolly
November 19, 2014 1:39 PM
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The stele almost certainly marked a grave within the important Athenian cemetery, but appears to have been re-used at a later date as a sewer cover.
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David Connolly
November 17, 2014 5:05 AM
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RT @archaeologymag: A gold-plated bronze vase has been unearthed in an intact 4th-century B.C. tomb in Greece http://t.co/Gngpbk3CLN http:/…
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David Connolly
November 17, 2014 4:54 AM
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Archaeologists intrigued by discovery of Bronze Age razor blade in Novosibirsk region.
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David Connolly
November 17, 2014 4:50 AM
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Friday 5th December 2014 The aim of the training is to widen access to the historic environment for individuals with hearing impairment,
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David Connolly
November 13, 2014 7:22 AM
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An unusual find of 5,000-year-old human footprints provides an insight into the everyday lives and challenges of the local population.
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David Connolly
November 10, 2014 7:24 AM
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The project aims to learn more about the site’s past as Roman fortification. Was this a temporary camp created by an army marching north to expand the empire? Was it a short-lived fortification des...
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David Connolly
October 30, 2014 12:21 PM
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A bit of color and they look like new!
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David Connolly
October 30, 2014 12:16 PM
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Between the 9th and 19th centuries, Arabic-speaking scholars translated Greek, Latin and even Sanskrit texts on topics such as medicine, mathematics and astronomy, fostering a vibrant scientific culture within the Islamic world.
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David Connolly
October 28, 2014 9:15 AM
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The project is funded under the Humanities Research Council’s ‘Connected Communities’ call. The project is a collaboration between the schools of Computer Science at Bangor University and Aberystwy...
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David Connolly
October 26, 2014 2:43 PM
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In a new venture, MicroPasts are launching a crowd-funding section for their platform to support archaeological and historical research involving collaborations between community organisations and ...
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David Connolly
November 23, 2014 7:42 AM
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The new Institute of Sexology in London shows that humans have been fascinated by weird sex for thousands of years
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David Connolly
November 20, 2014 5:16 AM
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An Ancient Aboriginal site discovered in a Sydney suburb could date back tens of thousands of years.
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David Connolly
November 19, 2014 1:40 PM
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Two samples were taken from the outermost tree rings of charred logs found in the northern gateway of the fortress. The results are almost identical to each other, showing the fortress was built sometime between the 10th and 11th centuries AD.
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November 19, 2014 1:39 PM
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A commonly held assumption that climate change accounted for the significant fall in population at the end of the Bronze Age, needs a new explanation, say a group of researchers.
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David Connolly
November 17, 2014 4:59 AM
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Archaeologists picking through latrines, sewers, cesspits and trash dumps at Pompeii and Herculaneum have found tantalizing clues to an apparently varied diet there before the eruption of Mount Vesuvius destroyed those Roman cities in 79 A.D.
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David Connolly
November 17, 2014 4:51 AM
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UNESCO was created in 1945 as a means to help ensure the preservation of our natural, cultural, and intellectual heritage. Of the nearly 1,000 awe-inspiring UNESCO World Heritage sites, the following places should be at the top of your list.
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David Connolly
November 13, 2014 3:43 PM
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Taking part in heritage is good for our happiness and wellbeing, according to this year’s Heritage Counts report published yesterday by English Heritage on behalf of England’s leading heritage orga...
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David Connolly
November 11, 2014 8:32 AM
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In theory, even a very minor archaeological site can now benefit from its very own aerial survey. But while the possibilities for archaeology are immensely exciting, many of the actual results are ...
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David Connolly
November 7, 2014 9:43 AM
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In Touch has been produced since April 2007, but has until now only been available to OA staff. While many items that have appeared in In Touch have featured on the OA website as news stories, the...
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David Connolly
October 30, 2014 12:18 PM
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The Government proposes to widen the A303 trunk road to the south west. This road crosses the iconic Stonehenge World Heritage Site (WHS), which has been called “the most archaeologically significant land surface in Europe”.
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David Connolly
October 30, 2014 3:45 AM
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Defrosting ancient poo could reintroduce some age-old bugs to the modern world, scientists say.
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David Connolly
October 27, 2014 7:46 AM
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There is a saying in Orkney that if you scratch the soil it bleeds archaeology. It's almost true as the islands are notoriously rich in archaeological remains, more concentrated here than anywhere ...
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