Monthly Archives: February 2012

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The Battersea bronze and enamel shield 350 BC. British Museum, London
February 23, 2012 2 Comments

Warfare in Iron Age Britain – Part 1.

Due to Britain’s isolation it is possible that many of the ‘old ways’ were still being followed. There are very few eye-witness accounts of the inhabitants of Britain prior to the Roman invasions, and what we do have is from classical writers who believed them to be barbaric, not only in their fighting methods but in other aspects of their culture. Waite (2011) sums it up when he describes Celtic feasting and fighting to the death over the hero’s cut of meat

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Mark Collard : Flickr
February 18, 2012 0 Comments

Linking human evolution and climate change

It’s not a take on climate change we often hear about. But Mark Collard, a Simon Fraser University Canada Research Chair and professor of archaeology, will talk about how climate change impacts human evolution at the world’s largest science fair.

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Magna Carter : Wiki Commons
February 17, 2012 0 Comments

Charter Service : Encasing the Magna Carta

The first Magna Carta was signed in 1215 by King John of England. He was forced by an assembly of barons to put in writing, for the first time, the traditional rights and liberties of the country’s free persons. After another confrontation with barons, Edward I not only reissued the Magna Carta in 1297, but for the first time, it was entered into the official Statute Rolls of England and became the foundation of English law.

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Ramat Rahal : Wiki Commons
February 16, 2012 0 Comments

Fossilized Pollen Unlocks Secrets of Ancient Royal Garden

Researchers have long been fascinated by the secrets of Ramat Rahel, located on a hilltop above modern-day Jerusalem. The site of the only known palace dating back to the kingdom of Biblical Judah, digs have also revealed a luxurious ancient garden. Since excavators discovered the garden with its advanced irrigation system, they could only imagine what the original garden might have looked like in full bloom — until no

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Chauchilla Cemetery Peru : Looters stole anything of financial worth, leaving the bodies : Wiki Commons
February 14, 2012 0 Comments

Glasgow team gets £1m grant to study illegal trade in antiquities

Researchers will spend the next four years gathering and analysing data on the movements and motives of traffickers, the types of activities involved, such as illegal excavation; transit and purchase; and pricing structures. The aim is to develop new approaches to regulate the international trade of cultural goods and help policymakers better define laws to fight criminal activities.

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Gui © The Trustees of the British Museum
February 14, 2012 0 Comments

Chinese bronze vessel likely to be a fake

A Chinese bronze vessel at the British Museum, once thought to be three thousand years old, is likely to be a fake, according to investigation by the museum’s own scientists. But rather than proving worthless, the bronze vessel remains valuable as an artefact from a later – but still antique – period when reproduction of ancient vessels was a popular craft.

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February 12, 2012 0 Comments

Roman remains discovered in Bath

An archaeological excavation currently being undertaken by Context One, on behalf of Ashford Homes, on the corner of Bathwick Street and Henrietta Road, Bathwick, have uncovered the remains of several Roman structures with associated features, as well as a Roman road surface.