Tuesday, December 30, 2003
Archaeologist claims Piltdown hoax solved
AN ARCHAEOLOGY lecturer from Bournemouth University is claiming to have finally solved the mystery of who created one of the most famous scientific hoaxes of all time.
When the remains of Piltdown Man - the so-called evolutionary "missing link" between ape and man - were found in 1912 it was heralded as the greatest scientific discovery of the age.
This is Bournemouth
Monday, December 29, 2003
Time Team Big Dig: the Hole Story
Review
You've got to hand it to Tony Robinson, Mick Aston, Carenza Lewis and Phil Harding.
Back in June, the folks from Time Team staged the largest popular archaeological event ever conducted in Britain - the "Big Dig".
Radio Times
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Time Team Big Dig
`Tent' plan to save piece of history
AN internationally important 13th century pavement at West Somerset's most important heritage site may have to be covered by a `tent-type' structure to preserve it for future generations.
The tiled refectory pavement at Cleeve Abbey in Washford has been compared to the floor of the Chapter House at Westminster Abbey as one of the finest examples visible to the public.
This is the West Country
‘Don’t forget our world-class sites’
POLITICIANS have been accused of virtually ignoring Guernsey’s world-important archaeology sites.
Jason Monaghan, of La Societe Guernesiaise’s archaeology section, said that mechanisms to check and protect sites were not in place and States resources on the areas were lacking.
This is Guernsey
Sunday, December 28, 2003
Museum drops entry fee
Manchester's struggling museum of the modern city has dropped its entry fee in a bid to attract more visitors.
BBC News
Now that's what you call a real vintage: professor unearths 8,000-year-old wine
Scientists have discovered the world's oldest wine - a vintage produced by Stone Age people 8,000 years ago. The find pushes back the history of wine by several hundred years.
The Independent
Saturday, December 27, 2003
River bank issues ancient Roman coin
A Roman copper coin, thousands of years old, has been uncovered during excavation on a river bank in Marlborough.
The coin, with Caesar Augustus stamped on it, is believed to have come from the year 7BC.
The Age
TREASURE HUNTERS AN ASSET TO ISLAND
THE ROLE of responsible metal detecting enthusiasts in unearthing the previously hidden historical secrets of the Island was praised at an inquest into recent finds of Roman coins and ancient jewellery.
Isle of Wight County Press
Late Neanderthals 'more like us'
Neanderthals were shedding their sturdy physique and evolving in the direction of modern humans just before they disappeared from the fossil record.
BBC News
New runway would destory rich heritage
A PRESERVATION group has warned the proposed expansion of Stansted Airport would lead to the destruction of historic buildings and sites on an “unprecedented scale”.
East Anglian Daily Times
Sunday, December 21, 2003
Protest at Boyne battle site
A cross-border heritage group has been protesting against plans to build a rubbish incinerator near the site of the Battle of the Boyne in County Louth
BBC News
Images from Newgrange
Images from Newgrange photographed earlier today click on
http://www.knowth.com/winter-solstice-2003.htm
Treasure beneath your feet and under the waves
New laws have made the search for historical valuables more lucrative, but the diggers and divers behind important finds say the real thrill comes from revealing the past
The Observer
Celebrate Yule the 'Viking Way'
OSLO, Norway (AP) -- If the Vikings had seen pictures of Santa Claus cruising the skies in a sleigh pulled by reindeer, they probably would have assumed he was catching a ride with Thor, the Norse god of thunder.
CNN.con Europe
Saturday, December 20, 2003
Iron Age hill fort near Stockport
The Radio 4 programme covering this years excavation at the Iron Age
hill fort near Stockport can be heard here:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio4/factual/rams/sat1530.ram
(You require Real Player to listen to this programme)
New Post as Education Officer
Bede's World is looking a committed museum education professional to take up the role of part-time Education Officer (Lifelong Learning). Full details and an application form are on our website at
http://www.bedesworld.co.uk/information-recruitment.php
The closing date is 12 January 2004.
Ancient treasures from golden age of mystery
THEY may have been struck at the time of Jesus Christ, but they are scarcely marked despite the hundreds of years they spent buried in a farmer's field.
The tiny gold Celtic coins are the latest in a series of finds that are becoming more common since metal detectorists and archeologists started working together.
And they were used by the same tribe whose chariot burials have fascinated the public in recent months.
Yorkshire Today
Friday, December 19, 2003
Cave art from 30,000 years ago?
The first modern humans in Europe were not just hunters and gatherers; some were quite skilled artists as well.
CNN
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