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:Meissen hard porcelain teapots circa 1720 : Image Source : Wiki Commons

September 26, 2011 0 Comments

Police recover £5m in stolen antiques in sleepy Yorkshire village

Two men arrested after items believed to have been taken in raids on stately homes discovered in caravan and garage

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September 24, 2011 0 Comments

An Ancient Granite Cross Returned To Dartmoor

An ancient granite cross, discovered last year by a group of walkers on Dartmoor, has been returned to the location of its discovery with a new base constructed by Dartmoor National Park Authority’s stone mason.

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September 21, 2011 0 Comments

Antonine wall fills gaps in story of Roman occupation of Britain

Wall that once marked Roman empire’s border in Scotland will give up some of its secrets for Glasgow’s Hunterian museum

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London bridge on the site of the earliest Thames crossing in the capital, near where the Roman baths were discovered

September 19, 2011 0 Comments

Roman baths discovered under Thameslink site in Southwark

Archaologists find ruins of cold plunge bath and hypocaust heating system in south London near the river Thames

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September 3, 2011 0 Comments

Discovery Cast Light On Early Roman Activity In The Stroud Valley

Excavations have revealed evidence of some of the earliest Roman activity currently known in the Stroud Valleys dating from the mid to late 1st century, and therefore soon after the Roman invasion in AD43.

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An Archaeologist investigating Roman floor layers: Image-Wessex Archaeolody

September 3, 2011 0 Comments

Roman Remains Found at Charles Street, Dorchester

Wessex Archaeology has found important Roman remains within the confines of the major Roman town of Durnovaria now modren day Dorchester

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September 2, 2011 0 Comments

An Important Part Of UKs Industrial Heritage Unearthed

The secrets of one of Todmorden’s most historic “lost” buildings are being unearthed by archaeologists brought in by the UK Environment Agency.

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September 2, 2011 0 Comments

Merchant Navy records reveal Britain’s ‘fourth service’

To commemorate Merchant Navy Day on Saturday 3 September findmypast.co.uk, in partnership with The National Archives, have made one million Merchant Navy Seamen records available online for the first time.

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Stongehenge : Image Source : Wiki Commons

September 2, 2011 0 Comments

Stonehenge mystery offered clue by Welsh burial chamber

Archaeologists believe key figure involved in construction of Wiltshire ancient monument is buried at Preseli mountains site

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Homo Erectus : Image Source : Creative Commons License

September 1, 2011 0 Comments

Hand axes unearthed in Kenya are oldest advanced stone tools ever found

Discovery suggests early humans were wielding sophisticated stone tools at least 300,000 years earlier than thought

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August 29, 2011 0 Comments

Second World War destroyer HMS Cavalier Fires Her Guns

The Second World War destroyer HMS Cavalier has fired one of her 4,5 inch guns for the first time since 1972.

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August 27, 2011 0 Comments

Irelands Heritage Grows

Ireland is leading the way in getting growing numbers of both locals and tourists interested in their nations hertaige.New figures show continued growth in visitor numbers to see centers of Irish hertaige over the last number of years.

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Stonehenage : Image Source : Wiki Commons

August 23, 2011 0 Comments

Druid leader King Arthur loses legal fight over Stonehenge remains

High court refuses judicial review of decision to remove 5,000-year-old ‘royal’ remains from Stonehenge for analysis

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Roman Barracks Caerleon : Image Source : Creative Commons

August 23, 2011 0 Comments

Archaeologists discover Roman port in Wales

Second known port of Roman Britain unearthed during archaeological dig near fortress of Caerleon

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August 22, 2011 0 Comments

Can’t get to Athens? Visit your local high street instead

With the 2004 Olympic Games in full swing and the eyes of the world on Athens, results of a new study released today (Monday 23 August) by archaeology experts at Newcastle University reveal that the influence of the ancient Greeks here in Great Britain is much stronger than many people might imagine – and it often crops up in the most unlikely places.

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August 22, 2011 0 Comments

New exhibition exposes modern slavery in London

A new exhibition at the Museum of London and Museum of London Docklands will lift the lid on the shocking reality of trafficking and forced labour in the capital. The exhibition, which opens on 23 August 2011 to coincide with the International Day for the Remembrance of the Slave Trade and its Abolition, is the Museum’s first cross-site exhibition and will run until 20 November 2011.

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