We Tracked Down Donaeld The Unready And Asked Him What He Really Thinks

We’ve all read his infamous tweets. In our unending quest for the post-truth, DigVentures has used our archaeological nous to track down King Donaeld the Unready and secure an exclusive interview to find out…

Perfectly Preserved Bronze Age Flower Found Inside 3,000 Year Old Treasure Hoard

Dirty Weekends: Why An Archaeology Dig Is Actually The Perfect Romantic Getaway

Hands up if your perfect romantic getaway is actually THIS. Imagine. You head off for a Dirty Weekend, but it’s not your average Dirty Weekend. Instead of roses and chocolates and overcrowded restaurants, you…

FOUND: Children’s Footprints And Colourful Paintings From 3,000 Years Ago

Children leave little trace in the archaeological record, so the discovery of a set of children’s footprints from 3,000 years ago is a rare delight. On the eastern edge of the Nile Delta, archaeologists…

From The Lab: Can Archaeologists Do DNA Analysis On Cremated Bones To Tell Where They Came From?

It’s time to start getting forensic on the cremated human bones from Morecambe Bay and figure out where they came from. But is DNA analysis possible, and if not, what else is? Over the…

This Twitter Parody Of Trump As An Early Medieval King Is Brilliant

Sick of Trump in your timeline and want a break? Sorry, someone’s started a Twitter parody of him as an early medieval king called Donaeld The Unready and it’s too good not to share….

From The Lab: The Curious Case Of The Burnt Stone

Careful examination of the stone tool found inside the Morecambe burial urn raises a surprising question about the body it was buried with. We’ve heard a lot about the rare Bronze Age burial urn…

Gemstones From The 3,500 Year Old Jewellery Workshop Of A ‘Forgotten’ Civilisation

Archaeologists have discovered a jewellery workshop on an island that was once home to Dilmun, one of the oldest trading civilizations in the Middle East. We love it when fellow archaeologists discover something that…

How To… Make Your Very Own Bronze Age Cookie Hoard

What could be better than opening your cookie jar to find that it’s no longer filled with a boring bunch of hobnobs, but instead is brimming with your very own edible Bronze Age cookie…

Site Diary: What We Found Inside The Morecambe Urn

The Morecambe urn is a rare discovery, full to the brim with an unusual quantity of extraordinarily well-preserved human bone. Here’s what we now know about who they belonged to. The discovery of a…

Why Archaeology Is The Best Cultural Experience You Can Have

Proof That Humans Arrived In North America 10,000 Years Earlier Than Previously Thought

A fresh look at artefacts from Bluefish Caves, Canada, suggests that humans had already landed in North America at least 24,000 years ago. Until now, the earliest dated archaeological sites put the first settlement…