Hello! Filling in for magog_83 who is currently without (free) internet ( Read more... )

Hello, I am filling in for magog_83 today and I'd like to take a brief detour and mention archaeology on TV ( Read more... )

Ah DNA anaylsis. Once the stuff of legend it can now be used to trace the identity of lost kings buried under car parks ( Read more... )

Today I'd like to introduce to a man known affectionately as Pete Marsh although most know him as Lindow Man (II).


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Anyone of a certain age may remember a TV cartoon animé style series called Mysterious Cities of Gold. Set in Central/South America it cleverly used native cultures as art of its narrative (and included short educational films at the end of each episode ( Read more... )

A quick bit of news this morning.

University of Leicester archaeologists have found the lost church where Richard III was buried over 500 years ago - under a City Council carpark.After his defeat at the Battle of Bosworth in 1485, the body of Britain’s last Plantagenet king was brought to Leicester where he was buried in a Franciscan friary. Known ( Read more... )

Archaeology is perhaps not well known for being a discipline in which you bake cakes. However that's not to say that there aren't some fantastic archaeology inspired cakes out there!


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Hello. I'm filling in this weekend for magog_83. Reading the newspaper at work today this story caught my eye. It's a really fascinating archaeological find.


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Tonight I have a link for you! It's a bit of an older news story, but I only found this detailed blog two weeks ago and even though I'm not an archaeologist I ended up reading the whole thing through and finding it all fascinating (it starts with the latest entry and runs backwards in time ( Read more... )