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Wellington Arch reopens
May 9, 2012 By Filed Under: News
Wellington Arch, the famous landmark on Hyde Park Corner, re-opened to the public today (9 May) after a major renovation project to transform it into London’s newest exhibition space.
Treating leprosy
May 2, 2012 By Filed Under: Features
There were over 300 leper hospitals in Medieval England. Mostly founded between the 12th and 13th centuries, they amounted to nearly a quarter of all hospitals and formed a key element of the social and religious landscape of the Middle Ages. Yet despite a wealth of major historical works on leprosy, comparatively little archaeology has… [Continue Reading]
Pub Dig 4: Cavaliers and Cock Ale
April 27, 2012 By Filed Under: Reviews
After four weeks of fun, frivolity and fascinating finds, the first series of Pub Dig series has come to an end. Their final foray took us to Banbury, today an attractive market town - but during the English Civil War this Parliamentarian stronghold was the site of some of the bloodiest fighting of the whole conflict,… [Continue Reading]
Cutty Sark relaunched
April 26, 2012 By Filed Under: News
After a devastating fire in 2007, the Cutty Sark has risen from the ashes and today (April 26) re-opened to the public for the first time in 6 years. Officially opened by the Queen yesterday, the world’s last-remaining tea-clipper has undergone a £50million restoration project supported by a £25million grant by the Heritage Lottery Fund.… [Continue Reading]
Time Team: secrets of the Saxon gold
The discovery of the Staffordshire hoard (see CA 236) in July 2009 was one of the most exciting archaeological finds of the last decade. Since then, a dizzying array of interdisciplinary research has taken place to see what this extraordinary collection of artefacts can add to our understanding of Anglo-Saxon England. In this Time Team special, Tony Robinson guided us through what has been found out so far
Meet the Romans with Mary Beard
In this, the first episode of three, Mary Beard (Cambridge’s Professor of Classics) sets out to find the human stories behind the dazzling spectacle of ancient Rome.
Furness’ finest on display
April 19, 2012 By Filed Under: News
Two rare archaeological treasures – the silver-gilt head of a crosier and a ring set with a white gemstone that may have once belonged to a Medieval abbot -are to go on display at Furness Abbey, Cumbria, over the May bank holiday weekend (Fri 4-Mon 7 May).
Pub Dig 3 – pints and pilgrims
Another week, another micro-dig courtesy of the Pub Dig team, and this time Rory and Paul are at the Six Bells in St Albans, Herts. Built in c.1600, this is the only pub standing within the walls of old Verulamium, once the third biggest city in Roman Britain. Will the team unearth evidence of the site’s Roman past?
Pub Dig 2 – gin and comics
April 16, 2012 By Filed Under: News
The Pub Dig team are back, hunting for ‘evidence of historical naughtiness’ beneath Ye Olde Smugglers Inne in Alfriston, East Sussex.
Art across the ages
April 16, 2012 By Filed Under: News
St John the Baptist’s in Inglesham, Wilts., is a Saxon church that boasts a stunning gallery of artwork spanning seven centuries. Images and text compete for space on its walls, in some places overlapping up to 21 layers thick.
Pub Dig 1 – a barrel of laughs
April 4, 2012 By Filed Under: News
Last night saw the first episode of Pub Dig premiere on Channel 5: an exuberant hunt for Elizabeth I’s lost dockyard – once home to the fleet that defeated the Spanish Armada in 1588.
St Paul’s before Wren
April 2, 2012 By Filed Under: News
Resurrecting London’s lost Medieval cathedral: what was St Paul’s cathedral like on the eve of the Great Fire?
Past orders: Pub Dig
April 2, 2012 By Filed Under: News
Many archaeologists like to visit the pub for a post-excavation pint or two… but Pub Dig has taken this tradition to a new level. CA caught up with Paul Blinkhorn to learn more.
On manoeuvres with Operation Nightingale
March 30, 2012 By Filed Under: News
An initiative to help rehabilitate injured soldiers recently returned from Afghanistan by getting them involved in archaeology.
Current Archaeology Live! 2012
March 19, 2012 By Filed Under: News
Now in its fifth year, Current Archaeology Live! is still going from strength to strength. Held for the first time at the University of London’s Senate House, over 350 people came to share the latest news from digs taking place all over the UK and abroad, and to hear the results of the 2012 Current… [Continue Reading]
Titanic: Archaeology of an Emigrant Ship
March 19, 2012 By Filed Under: News
Is the Titanic archaeology? A century since her loss on 15th April 1912 we examine how recent survey has revolutionised knowledge of the wreck.
Digging with the Time Team
What is archaeology alongside a film crew like? Matthew Symonds found out. There is something different about a Time Team dig. Excavations normally have an air of calm, with people quietly troweling, sectioning features or wrestling with drawing frames. The hustle and bustle comes at tea time, when diggers compete for the best biscuits and… [Continue Reading]
Reconstructing the Hallaton Helmet
A Roman imperial jigsaw puzzle The discovery of fragmentary remains of several Roman helmets at Hallaton, Leicestershire, set conservators quite a challenge. Now, over a decade later their work is complete. Helen Sharp and Simon James reveal what has been learnt. It is 11 years since a mass of corroded iron was found in a… [Continue Reading]
The Hackney Hoard
One summer’s day in 2007 several companions set about an ambitious piece of landscaping in the back garden of their residence in Hackney, Greater London. As their shovels pierced the turf they were likely to have been thinking of the heavy work before them when a chance discovery brought them to a halt; for from… [Continue Reading]
