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Tuesday, December 30, 2003

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Residents near Stones accuse `clutter' planners RESIDENTS living on the edge of the Stonehenge World Heritage Site have accused he...

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Archaeologist claims Piltdown hoax solved AN ARCHAEOLOGY lecturer from Bournemouth University is claiming to have finally solved the m...
Monday, December 29, 2003

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Time Team Big Dig: the Hole Story Review You've got to hand it to Tony Robinson, Mick Aston, Carenza Lewis and Phil Harding. ...

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`Tent' plan to save piece of history AN internationally important 13th century pavement at West Somerset's most important heri...

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‘Don’t forget our world-class sites’ POLITICIANS have been accused of virtually ignoring Guernsey’s world-important archaeology sites....
Sunday, December 28, 2003

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Museum drops entry fee Manchester's struggling museum of the modern city has dropped its entry fee in a bid to attract more visito...

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Now that's what you call a real vintage: professor unearths 8,000-year-old wine Scientists have discovered the world's oldest ...
Saturday, December 27, 2003

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River bank issues ancient Roman coin A Roman copper coin, thousands of years old, has been uncovered during excavation on a river bank...

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TREASURE HUNTERS AN ASSET TO ISLAND THE ROLE of responsible metal detecting enthusiasts in unearthing the previously hidden historical...

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Late Neanderthals 'more like us' Neanderthals were shedding their sturdy physique and evolving in the direction of modern huma...

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New runway would destory rich heritage A PRESERVATION group has warned the proposed expansion of Stansted Airport would lead to the de...
Sunday, December 21, 2003

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Protest at Boyne battle site A cross-border heritage group has been protesting against plans to build a rubbish incinerator near the s...

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Images from Newgrange Images from Newgrange photographed earlier today click on http://www.knowth.com/winter-solstice-2003.htm

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Treasure beneath your feet and under the waves New laws have made the search for historical valuables more lucrative, but the diggers ...

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Celebrate Yule the 'Viking Way' OSLO, Norway (AP) -- If the Vikings had seen pictures of Santa Claus cruising the skies in a s...
Saturday, December 20, 2003

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Iron Age hill fort near Stockport The Radio 4 programme covering this years excavation at the Iron Age hill fort near Stockport can b...

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New Post as Education Officer Bede's World is looking a committed museum education professional to take up the role of part-time E...

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Dig Here Mark Whitaker joins an archaeological dig in the Cheshire garden of retired historian Anne Hearle and helps unearth many anci...

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Ancient treasures from golden age of mystery THEY may have been struck at the time of Jesus Christ, but they are scarcely marked despi...
Friday, December 19, 2003

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Cave art from 30,000 years ago? The first modern humans in Europe were not just hunters and gatherers; some were quite skilled artists...
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David Beard MA, FSA, FSA Scot
I am a freelance archaeologist and Fellow of the Society of Antiquaries and the Society of Antiquaries of Scotland specializing in the medieval period. I have worked as a field archaeologist for the Department of Environment (Northern Ireland) and the Museum of London. I have been involved in continuing education for many years and have taught for the University of Oxford Department for Continuing Education (OUDCE) and the Universities of London, Essex, Ulster, and the London College of the University of Notre Dame, and I was the Archaeological Consultant for Southwark Cathedral. I am the author of and tutor for an OUDCE online course on the Vikings, and the Programme Director and Academic Director for the Oxford Experience Summer School.
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