Category: Antiquarian
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Iceman
I as under the impression that this had already been established, but obviously not if it’s just hit the news:Scientists Say ‘Iceman’ Died From Arrow A prehistoric hunter known as Oetzi whose well-preserved body was found on a snow-covered mountain in the Alps died more than 5,000 years ago after being struck in the back…
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Frogs
A leap back in time shows Czechs ate frogs’ legs first Frogs’ legs, a delicacy most closely associated with the French, is in fact, a Czech dish, according to archaeologists. Although the edible amphibians are closely associated with Gallic cuisine – so much so that English people refer to the French by the derogatory…
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Roman Londinium to Saxon Lundenwic
The last Roman Londoner? A man’s grave Roman Londinium to Saxon Lundenwic The maps of Roman and Saxon London are being redrawn by archaeological treasures from an archaeological dig at the church of St Martin-in-the-Fields, Trafalgar Square. The finds include a stone sarcophagus containing the skeleton of a middle-aged Roman man, and exquisite Saxon grave…
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A fiction about Sutton Hoo
The Dig by John D. Preston The tensions and intrigues behind the discovery of an Anglo-Saxon ship burial and its treasure on an English farm. In the long hot summer of 1939 Britain is preparing for war. But on a riverside farm in Suffolk there is excitement of another kind: Mrs Petty, the widowed farmer, has had…
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Silbury Hill
On the radio news, this morning: Silbury Hill works begin today WORK to conserve and stabilise the 4,400 year old Silbury Hill in Wiltshire began today. English Heritage, working with specialist engineers Skanska, has exposed the door in the side of the Hill leading to the tunnel excavated by Professor Atkinson in 1968. Tunnel to…
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Cable knitting
Yarn Harlot’s latest blog post Please pass the Tissues in which she explains her difficulties when following cable pattern wording, is currently quite apt for my situation with knitting. At the moment I’m making cabled socks from Viking Patterns for Knitting by Elsebeth Lavold, using a chart for the very first time and finding it difficult, because…
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St Martin-in-the-Fields – early Christianity
Is 1,400-year-old treasure evidence of Christianity’s first foothold in Britain? Archaeologists excavating near the edge of Trafalgar Square in London have found evidence of early Christianity in England, suggesting the area has a much older religious significance than was originally believed. The treasure hoard in the empty grave consists of a gold pendant inlaid with…
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Jamestowne
Jamestown – America’s Birthplace, was a Time Team Special, screened on May 1st 2007 on Channel 4. Four hundred years ago, at the end of 1606, three ships set sail from what is now Virginia Quay in London. Five months later, on 14 May 1607, the 105 men on board the Discovery, Godspeed and Susan…
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Gladiators’ graveyard
Gladiators’ graveyard discovered Scientists believe they have for the first time identified an ancient graveyard for gladiators. Analysis of their bones and injuries has given new insight into how they lived, fought and died. The remains were found at Ephesus in Turkey, a major city of the Roman world, BBC Timewatch reports. Timewatch – Gladiator…
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Archaeology in the news
Historic TV finds are handed over Historical artefacts unearthed in the Isle of Man by a team of television archaeologists have been handed over to Manx National Heritage (MNH). The discoveries were made during the excavation at Mount Murray by the Channel 4 Time Team programme. The programme was screened on 14th January 2007 The…
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