Category: Antiquarian
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London’s early trackway
London’s Earliest Timber Structure Found During Belmarsh Prison Dig London’s oldest timber structure has been unearthed by archaeologists from Archaeology South-East (part of the Institute of Archaeology at University College London). It was found during the excavation of a prehistoric peat bog adjacent to Belmarsh Prison in Plumstead, Greenwich, in advance of the construction of…
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Sutton Hoo 70th Anniversary
Sutton Hoo: How the EADT broke the story [Includes links to Original EADT story from 1939] THE fabulous Sutton Hoo discovery gave the EADT one of its biggest “scoops” – but we almost missed the boat (no pun intended). Because of fears over the security of the site, Ralph Wilson, the managing editor of the…
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First edition “On the Origin of the Species”
1st edition of Darwin’s landmark book up for sale A British auction house says it is offering Darwin fans a chance to buy a first edition of the famed naturalist’s groundbreaking book. Auctioneer Keys says the copy of “On the Origin of Species” is expected to sell on Thursday for up to 30,000 pounds ($44,600).…
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From Kendrick’s Cave
IT is the 14,000-year-old version of a snow dome. Travellers during the late Ice Age would pick up an etched horse jawbone as a souvenir of their time in Europe. Arriving in Wales they would then display the trinket in their cave as a memento of their time abroad. And now experts believe this 11,500BC…
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I was there ….
….at the first, new, two-day, conference event presented by the combined efforts of Current Archaeology magazine and the British Museum’s Department of Portable Antiquities and Treasure. In a conference that was generally concerned with bringing archaeology to the interested layperson, there was a series of presentations about Archaeology in the Media. Archaeozoo has already posted…
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The oldest museum in Gwynedd
Budget cut worry for city museum “It is all very accessible, there are no unmade bed artworks here“ Alan Dyer, Friends of Gwynedd Museum and Art Gallery Friends of the oldest museum in Gwynedd fear it faces closure due to a cut in council funding. Supporters of Gwynedd Museum and Art Gallery in Bangor claim…
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The Two Brothers
Coinciding with the opening of the Tutankhamun & Golden Age of Pharaohs exhibition in Greenwich, a new book was launched last week, which unravels the mystery of a pair of, lesser well-known, 4,000-year-old ancient Egyptian mummies in Manchester Museum collection, known as the “Two Brothers”. In 1907 a team led by the Egyptologist Flinders Petrie discovered…
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Great British Journeys
I am enjoying the series Great British Journeys on British television at the moment. In this fascinating series, Nick Crane investigates eight epic and challenging journeys, following in the footsteps of our greatest indigenous explorers. From the 12th century to the 20th, from major cities to the wilds of the Hebrides, Nick pieces together how the…
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Two London Institutions
Royal Hospital Chelsea There are few institutions in the United Kingdom with an unbroken three centuries of service and none of them is so close to the heart of the nation as “The Men in Scarlet”, the Chelsea Pensioners, and their home, the Royal Hospital Chelsea. Founded in 1692 by King Charles II and intended…
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Viking Hoards
The finding of a Viking hoard has been in the news and reported byAardvarchaeologist, Cronaca and The Cranky Professor, has reminded me of a smaller hoard found in recent years, known as the Huxley Hoard. Contents of the Huxley hoard The hoard is thought to date to the first decade of the tenth century AD.…
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