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An exhibition currently running at the University of Nottingham Museum showcases finds from Breedon Hill and Burrough Hill, hillforts that are both located in the East Midlands where such monuments are relatively scarce. CA's Carly Hilts paid a visit:
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A tale of two hillforts: Illuminating the inhabitants of Iron Age Leicestershire | The Past
An exhibition currently running at the University of Nottingham Museum showcases finds from Breedon Hill and Burrough Hill, hillforts that are both located ...
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June 17, 2025 at 12:29 PM
An exhibition currently running at the University of Nottingham Museum showcases finds from Breedon Hill and Burrough Hill, hillforts that are both located in the East Midlands where such monuments are relatively scarce. CA's Carly Hilts paid a visit:
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As excavations continue on the Fonmon Castle estate, north-west of Cardiff Airport, further intriguing details have been revealed, including the remains of an Iron Age settlement. Read more:
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Iron Age settlement and dog found at Fonmon Castle | The Past
As excavations continue on the Fonmon Castle estate, north-west of Cardiff Airport, more intriguing details have been revealed, including the remains of an ...
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June 16, 2025 at 1:20 PM
As excavations continue on the Fonmon Castle estate, north-west of Cardiff Airport, further intriguing details have been revealed, including the remains of an Iron Age settlement. Read more:
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How did early medieval Ireland connect with the continent?
From sacred texts to sea routes, explore the cultural currents that linked Irish monks to Europe.
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From sacred texts to sea routes, explore the cultural currents that linked Irish monks to Europe.
Read about the major new exhibition at the National Museum of Ireland @currentarchaeology.bsky.social the-past.com/feature/word...
June 6, 2025 at 2:53 PM
How did early medieval Ireland connect with the continent?
From sacred texts to sea routes, explore the cultural currents that linked Irish monks to Europe.
Read about the major new exhibition at the National Museum of Ireland @currentarchaeology.bsky.social the-past.com/feature/word...
From sacred texts to sea routes, explore the cultural currents that linked Irish monks to Europe.
Read about the major new exhibition at the National Museum of Ireland @currentarchaeology.bsky.social the-past.com/feature/word...
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Skye Bridge! Really good article in this edition of @currentarchaeology.bsky.social magazine about the remarkable site at High Pasture Cave on Skye! Including find of a bridge for a lyre...
June 15, 2025 at 12:53 PM
Skye Bridge! Really good article in this edition of @currentarchaeology.bsky.social magazine about the remarkable site at High Pasture Cave on Skye! Including find of a bridge for a lyre...
Traces of London’s earliest Roman basilica, where officials presided over the settlement’s administrative affairs c.2,000 years ago, have been revealed beneath a City office block. Sophie Jackson told Carly Hilts about the discoveries.
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The basilica in the the basement: Rediscovering the heart of Roman London | The Past
Traces of London’s earliest Roman basilica, where officials presided over the settlement’s legal, commercial, and administrative affairs c.2,000 years ago, ...
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June 2, 2025 at 12:25 PM
Traces of London’s earliest Roman basilica, where officials presided over the settlement’s administrative affairs c.2,000 years ago, have been revealed beneath a City office block. Sophie Jackson told Carly Hilts about the discoveries.
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A new exhibition showcasing hundreds of artefacts recovered from the banks of the River Thames sheds illuminating light on London’s long history. Carly Hilts visited the displays at London Museum Docklands.
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Secrets of the Thames: Mudlarking London’s lost treasures | The Past
A new exhibition showcasing hundreds of artefacts recovered from the banks of the River Thames sheds illuminating light on London’s long history. Carly Hilt ...
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May 30, 2025 at 10:39 AM
A new exhibition showcasing hundreds of artefacts recovered from the banks of the River Thames sheds illuminating light on London’s long history. Carly Hilts visited the displays at London Museum Docklands.
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A recently opened experience in London is using virtual-reality technology to explore the life and times of one of ancient Egypt’s most famous pharaohs, as Carly Hilts reports.
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Tutankhamun: The immersive exhibition | The Past
A recently opened experience in London is using virtual-reality technology to explore the life and times of one of ancient Egypt’s most famous pharaohs, as ...
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May 28, 2025 at 3:14 PM
A recently opened experience in London is using virtual-reality technology to explore the life and times of one of ancient Egypt’s most famous pharaohs, as Carly Hilts reports.
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Recent archaeological research in the grounds of a Shropshire stately home has added a surprising new chapter to the estate’s story. Viviana Caroli and Nigel Baker explain more.
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Paradise lost: Rediscovering a forgotten pleasure garden at Attingham Park | The Past
Recent archaeological research in the grounds of a Shropshire stately home has added a surprising new chapter to the estate’s story. Viviana Caroli and Nige ...
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May 27, 2025 at 2:05 PM
Recent archaeological research in the grounds of a Shropshire stately home has added a surprising new chapter to the estate’s story. Viviana Caroli and Nigel Baker explain more.
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The face and head of an Iron Age woman whose remains were discovered in Dorset’s Kimmeridge Bay 25 years ago have been reconstructed by an MSc Bioarchaeology student at Bournemouth University.
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Reconstructing the face of an Iron Age woman from Dorset | The Past
The face and head of an Iron Age woman whose remains were discovered in Dorset’s Kimmeridge Bay 25 years ago have been reconstructed by an MSc Bioarchaeolog ...
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May 23, 2025 at 12:55 PM
The face and head of an Iron Age woman whose remains were discovered in Dorset’s Kimmeridge Bay 25 years ago have been reconstructed by an MSc Bioarchaeology student at Bournemouth University.
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The newest archaeological reconstruction to be unveiled at Butser Ancient Farm is a late Neolithic house, based on a structure whose 5,000-year-old footprint was excavated in Dorset. CA visited the launch event to learn more.
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Building the past: Reconstructing a late Neolithic house from Wyke Down | The Past
The newest archaeological reconstruction to be unveiled at Butser Ancient Farm is a late Neolithic house, based on a structure whose 5,000-year-old footprin ...
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May 22, 2025 at 1:37 PM
The newest archaeological reconstruction to be unveiled at Butser Ancient Farm is a late Neolithic house, based on a structure whose 5,000-year-old footprint was excavated in Dorset. CA visited the launch event to learn more.
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From gasholders to chic apartments: the 600 remaining structures, once familiar industrial sights in every city and town, are being recorded by Historic England prior to being dismantled or converted to other uses, as Chris Catling reports.
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From gasholders to chic apartments: Tracing the history of the most prominent landmarks in the gasworks industry | The Past
The system whereby coal was heated and the resulting gases purified, stored, and distributed to factories, street lamps, public buildings, and, in due cours ...
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May 21, 2025 at 12:36 PM
From gasholders to chic apartments: the 600 remaining structures, once familiar industrial sights in every city and town, are being recorded by Historic England prior to being dismantled or converted to other uses, as Chris Catling reports.
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That's a great article. Thanks for the background information. That intriguing 'smashed with a stone' cauldron - I reckon it could have been used by a brewer to heat the water for making the ale. It's a good size and would represent high status brewing kit. Can give you more detail if necessary. 🤓🍻
May 20, 2025 at 10:48 AM
That's a great article. Thanks for the background information. That intriguing 'smashed with a stone' cauldron - I reckon it could have been used by a brewer to heat the water for making the ale. It's a good size and would represent high status brewing kit. Can give you more detail if necessary. 🤓🍻
One of the largest Iron Age hoards ever found in the UK was recently unveiled. Comprising hundreds of metal items, its contents are shedding brilliant light on this period of Yorkshire’s past. Carly Hilts finds out more:
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The Melsonby Hoard: Exploring unprecedented insights into Iron Age Yorkshire | The Past
One of the largest Iron Age hoards ever found in the UK was recently unveiled. Comprising hundreds of metal items, its contents are shedding brilliant light ...
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May 20, 2025 at 10:35 AM
One of the largest Iron Age hoards ever found in the UK was recently unveiled. Comprising hundreds of metal items, its contents are shedding brilliant light on this period of Yorkshire’s past. Carly Hilts finds out more:
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A new study has shed new light on the ways in which kinship was tied to monuments from Ireland in the Neolithic period, suggesting that biological relationships and social status were not strong factors in deciding who was buried in passage tombs.
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New insights into kinship in Neolithic Ireland | The Past
A recently published study has shed new light on the ways in which kinship was tied to monuments from Ireland in the Neolithic period, suggesting that biolo ...
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May 19, 2025 at 3:16 PM
A new study has shed new light on the ways in which kinship was tied to monuments from Ireland in the Neolithic period, suggesting that biological relationships and social status were not strong factors in deciding who was buried in passage tombs.
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Recent research on a portrait believed to depict Lady Jane Grey has revealed that the painting may be the only surviving image of the ‘Nine Day Queen’ that dates to her lifetime. Read more:
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‘Portrait of Lady Jane Grey’ may have been painted during her lifetime | The Past
Recent research on a portrait believed to depict Lady Jane Grey has revealed that the painting may be the only surviving image of the ‘Nine Day Queen’ that ...
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May 19, 2025 at 12:36 PM
Recent research on a portrait believed to depict Lady Jane Grey has revealed that the painting may be the only surviving image of the ‘Nine Day Queen’ that dates to her lifetime. Read more:
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Two decades of excavations in East Sussex farmland have uncovered the remains of an unusual enclosed settlement linking the Roman road network with the River Ouse. Rob Wallace and David Millum explain more:
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A Roman landscape revealed : Celebrating 20 years of the Culver Archaeological Project | The Past
Two decades of excavations in East Sussex farmland have uncovered the remains of an unusual enclosed settlement linking the Roman road network with the Rive ...
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May 8, 2025 at 4:43 PM
Two decades of excavations in East Sussex farmland have uncovered the remains of an unusual enclosed settlement linking the Roman road network with the River Ouse. Rob Wallace and David Millum explain more:
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@currentarchaeology.bsky.social 423 is now out and with it my latest column, a start of a #Roman Towns road-trip. This month I visit #Chester (Deva Victrix), to dig into its rich - and sometimes grisly - history: the-past.com/comment/roma....
Roman Chester: Excavating the CA archive | The Past
Roman Chester – Deva Victrix – is one of the unquestioned ‘great sites’ of Roman Britain. This was a major military centre from its late 1st-century AD orig ...
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May 8, 2025 at 1:52 PM
@currentarchaeology.bsky.social 423 is now out and with it my latest column, a start of a #Roman Towns road-trip. This month I visit #Chester (Deva Victrix), to dig into its rich - and sometimes grisly - history: the-past.com/comment/roma....
Excavations in Derbyshire have revealed that an apparently solitary standing stone in Farley Wood is in fact part of a larger ceremonial complex dating to the early Bronze Age. Read more:
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Bronze Age ceremonial site identified in Farley Wood | The Past
Excavations in Derbyshire have revealed that an apparently solitary standing stone in Farley Wood is in fact part of a larger ceremonial complex dating to t ...
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May 7, 2025 at 9:18 PM
Excavations in Derbyshire have revealed that an apparently solitary standing stone in Farley Wood is in fact part of a larger ceremonial complex dating to the early Bronze Age. Read more:
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Over a decade after its discovery, the Viking Age Galloway Hoard continues to give up its secrets, following the translation of a runic inscription on one of its arm-rings, offering new insights into the assemblage’s early medieval ownership. Read more:
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Galloway Hoard runic inscription translated | The Past
Over a decade after its discovery, the Viking Age Galloway Hoard continues to give up its secrets, following the translation of a runic inscription on one o ...
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March 13, 2025 at 4:14 PM
Over a decade after its discovery, the Viking Age Galloway Hoard continues to give up its secrets, following the translation of a runic inscription on one of its arm-rings, offering new insights into the assemblage’s early medieval ownership. Read more:
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My book isn’t even out yet and I’ve received this wonderful review from Harriet who has reviewed it for @currentarchaeology.bsky.social
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50 LGBTQ+ Finds from the Portable Antiquities Scheme | The Past
REVIEW BY HARRIET HAUGVIK Ben Paites’ addition to the ‘50 Finds’ series is a well-researched and nuanced exploration of the history of sexuality through mat ...
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March 12, 2025 at 8:24 AM
My book isn’t even out yet and I’ve received this wonderful review from Harriet who has reviewed it for @currentarchaeology.bsky.social
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Recently published research focused on the bones of birds of prey spanning the early Bronze Age to the medieval period has revealed striking differences between their eating habits and those of modern raptors. More:
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Historical birds of prey outed as scavengers | The Past
Recently published research focused on the bones of birds of prey spanning the early Bronze Age to the medieval period has revealed striking differences bet ...
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March 12, 2025 at 2:30 PM
Recently published research focused on the bones of birds of prey spanning the early Bronze Age to the medieval period has revealed striking differences between their eating habits and those of modern raptors. More:
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A very interesting article.
March 11, 2025 at 5:42 PM
A very interesting article.
Recently published research has shed vivid light on the power centres of the Anglo-Saxon aristocracy that were swept away by the Norman Conquest – including a site associated with Harold Godwinson. Carly Hilts spoke to Duncan Wright and Oliver Creighton to learn more.
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From Bayeux to Bosham: Tracing ‘lordly sites’ in medieval England | The Past
Recently published archaeological research has shed vivid light on the power centres of the Anglo-Saxon aristocracy that were swept away by the Norman Conqu ...
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March 11, 2025 at 3:37 PM
Recently published research has shed vivid light on the power centres of the Anglo-Saxon aristocracy that were swept away by the Norman Conquest – including a site associated with Harold Godwinson. Carly Hilts spoke to Duncan Wright and Oliver Creighton to learn more.
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Whisky archaeology, part 1: excavating illicit distilleries in the Scottish Highlands, in the latest @currentarchaeology.bsky.social the-past.com/feature/dist...
Distilling a clandestine craft: The archaeology and history of illicit whisky-making | The Past
To avoid paying tax, in the 18th and 19th century, small-scale whisky-production went underground, moving to isolated bothies hidden in remote locations acr ...
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March 8, 2025 at 6:48 PM
Whisky archaeology, part 1: excavating illicit distilleries in the Scottish Highlands, in the latest @currentarchaeology.bsky.social the-past.com/feature/dist...