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Thursday, November 08, 2007

Race is on to excavate monument

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Archaeologists are in a race against time to excavate a 4,000-year-old burial ground discovered just 20ft from a crumbling cliff edge. The B...

Stonehenge's huge support settlement

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Archaeologists working near Stonehenge have uncovered what they believe is the largest Neolithic settlement ever discovered in Northern Euro...

Body of child from Bronze Age found

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THE remains of a Bronze Age child have been discovered by archaeologists carrying out a dig at a Suffolk school. Culford School, in Culford,...
Monday, November 05, 2007

Sea Stallion from Glendalough: Newsletter 20

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Newsletter 20. issue - November the 5th, 2007 from the Sea Stallion from Glendalough Website is now online. Read the rest newsletter...

Archaeologists Unearth Rare State Seals from 1st Bulgarian Empire

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Archaeologists have made a sensational finding on Saturday, dated back to the first Bulgarian Empire (years 681-1018) in the ancient Bulgari...

Video: Medieval Church Rolls 7 Miles

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A flatbed trailer hauled a medieval church to its new home in eastern Germany. The technically ambitious move has cleared the original site ...

Part of ancient wall ringing Rome collapses

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ROME — A 6.5-metre ection of Rome's ancient Aurelian Wall collapsed near the capital's central train station after days of heavy rai...
Friday, October 26, 2007

Roman villa discovered in western Austria

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Archaeologists in the western Austrian province Tyrol unearthed the remains of a large-scale Roman villa, complete with extensive floor mosa...

Badgers moved to protect cemetery

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A badger sett has been moved to stop it damaging a medieval cemetery in Pembrokeshire. The animals were resettled to stop them destroying bo...

Medieval Ruins Found Near Stockholm Castle

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Archaeologists have found the foundations of medieval buildings near the Royal Palace in Stockholm, dating from the city's early years. ...

Some Neanderthals Were Redheads

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Like bringing to life a naked mannequin, scientists are using genetic and physical evidence found in fossils to clothe the skeletal remains ...

The souls of Silbury Hill are bared in burial mound dig

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Archaeologists are unlocking the secrets of Silbury Hill, one of Britain's greatest historical mysteries. Researchers have long been mys...
Tuesday, October 23, 2007

Archaeologists dig royal grounds

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Archaeologists are hoping to unearth some ancient secrets at three of the Queen's residences over the weekend. Digs will take place in t...

ARCHAEOLOGISTS REVEAL BRUNEL FACTORY SITE AT SS GREAT BRITAIN

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Visitors to Isambard Kingdom Brunel’s steamship Great Britain in Bristol have been able to watch an archaeological dig unfold before them. O...

Archaeologist uncovers 11,000-year-old artefacts in Syria

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Latest discoveries in Syria date back to start of Neolithic era in Epipalaeolithic period. Deep in the heart of northern Syria, close to the...

Archeologists discover Serbia's oldest tomb

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Archeologists from a Novi Pazar museum came across what they say is the oldest tomb ever discovered in the country. The find is located in ...
Monday, October 22, 2007

Remains unearthed on a Welsh burial mound

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The Brownslade Barrow Project 2004-06, run by the South Pembrokeshire Ranges Recording Advisory Group (Wales), unearthed an archaeological m...
Saturday, October 20, 2007

Cave Speak: Did Neandertals Talk?

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Discovery of the human variant of the FOXP2 gene in Neandertals suggests they may have had language skills German researchers have discovere...

Turkish Dam May Leave Mosques, Mosaics to Tigris Scuba Divers

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Hasankeyf in southeast Turkey has been home to Assyrians, Romans, Byzantines and Ottomans over the past 3,000 years, and has the monuments t...

Archaeologists in Moravia discover 7000 year-old sculpture

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The find of the century is what Czech archaeologists are calling the discovery of a 7000 year-old statue in Masovice, a village just west of...
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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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