7 Lies Archaeologists Can Tell Just to Mess With Your Head

If you meet an archaeologist, here’s a warning: don’t believe everything they say. The problem, you see, is that people trust archaeologists. They tend to go all wide-eyed and assume that being an archaeologist…

A Life-Sized Replica of This Ancient Syrian Monument is Coming to London

This game-changing project brings the fight for global heritage directly to our doorsteps… Here at DigVentures, it would be fair to say that we have fully embraced the opportunities that advances in 3D imaging…

Europe’s Oldest City Was Three Times Bigger Than We Thought

The ancient city of Knossos famously collapsed around 3,000 years ago when the palace at its heart was abandoned, but what happened next? New evidence suggests the city not only recovered, but was around…

How To… Tell if You’ve Found an Iron Age Roundhouse

So you’ve found something really big and round in the ground. But is it a roundhouse? Or is it something else? Here’s what you need to look out for. When you find something big…

What’s Coming Up at DigVentures in 2016

We’re dead excited here at DigVentures HQ, because if you enjoyed last week’s look back at 2015, we’ve got something even more exciting lined up for you today… a sneaky-peak preview at what’s coming…

Time Team’s Matt Williams: Where Is He Now?

Four years on from the last new episode of Time Team, I thought it was time to check in with my old cast and crew colleagues and see what they’ve been getting up to……

Coolest Archaeological Discoveries of 2015

As the end of the year approaches, it’s time to look back of the biggest headlines and ask ourselves: what are the coolest things found by archaeologists this year? As it turns out, 2015…

The Archaeology of Star Wars

Why Archaeology is the Best Cultural Experience You Can Have

This week, we headed to Google HQ where we learned something surprising. But this is a story that deserves to be told from the very beginning… In the beginning, there wasn’t very much stuff…

Cave Art and Ice Age Alphabets

As an archaeologist and caver, I can’t imagine anything more exciting than entering a new cave and finding Palaeolithic art on the walls. Although I have not discovered any yet in the Yorkshire Dales…

Archaeology Conference Buzzword Bingo!

We’re well into December and for most people, that only means one thing: Christmas. But we’re not most people, we’re archaeologists, and for archaeologists the one thing December means is… CONFERENCE. Yes, very soon,…