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Aisling Serrant

An all round museum educator and enthusiast, Aisling's the Family Festival Coordinator at the Museum of London Docklands.

10 Christmas Cracker Jokes No Serious Archaeologist Will Ever Laugh At (But Silly Ones Will)

Future archaeologists, shoveling through the stinking heaps of 21st century landfill may look with wonder at the small scraps of paper that constitute the physical evidence of our Christmas comedy tastes, struck by their…

7 Ancient Statues That Show Just How Much Animals Really Mean To Us

Humans have always had a close connection to animals, whether for food, transport or just a nice sloppy kiss and wagging tail after a hard day’s work. The earliest human-with-dog burial dates back 14,000…

Five Haunted Archaeological Artefacts that You Will Never Want to Lay Hands On

Halloween should really be the worst time of the year for archaeologists. After all, we’ve disturbed more dead souls than most. How can we relax and enjoy the bat’s blood punch when we’re constantly…

Friday Five… Reasons Why Our Ancestors Got Tattoos

Earlier this week, the striking tattoos of an ancient Siberian princess hit the headlines. Now, you may think of tattoos as something to cover up when grandma comes to visit to avoid unnecessary tutting…

Six Of The Best Books From The Ancient World

Mmm… the smell of old books; something that can never be replaced by the Kindle. But if you can’t judge a book by its cover, you certainly shouldn’t judge it by its smell, because…

Five World Heritage Sites We Don’t Want to Lose

Teetering on the edge of a changing environment, under threat from conflict, facing the encroaching claws of developers or just got a leaky roof, there are many reasons why it’s an ongoing struggle to…

Friday Five… Outrageous Ancient Fashions

If you think we’re in an age of extreme fashion with our beards to rival Santa Claus, skirts the size of belts or ears stretched so far you could use it as a basketball…

Friday Five … Rediscoveries

We’ve all done it before – whether on a night out, down the side of the sofa or hiding in our handbags all along – the things most important to us are the things…

Friday Five… Lost Treasures that Still Need to Be Found

No wonder humans are so obsessed with having their own share of such a precious element… According to recent calculations, all the gold that has ever been discovered in the world could fit under…

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Five… Terrible Taxes From the Ancient World

  Just when we feel we can’t possibly hand over a penny more of our hard earned cash to those fellas at Westminster, we hear mention of a 31% flat tax rate. Think that’s…

Five… Real Life Archaeological Murder Mysteries

Now we all love a good murder mystery, who doesn’t? But we’ve dug up a few ancient cases that would put even Miss Marple to the test. We’ve just got one question… who dunnit?…

Friday Five… Archaeological Cave Sites

  When someone says ‘archaeology’, we tend to think of wet, muddy fields or dry, dusty plains. But from Indiana Jones to Prometheus, the new stereotypical archaeologist hang out seems to be ‘the cave.’…
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Five Totally Absurd Archaeological Headlines

Now, we’ve seen a thing or two in our time as archaeologists. Some of these things have been exciting, others confusing and a few that are just downright bizarre. But sometimes, even these things…

Friday Five… Forgotten Civilisations

The typical history syllabus has a lot of ground to cover, leaving little room for anything before the industrial revolution. For many, that means the only ancient civilisations that get a look-in are Egypt,…

Friday Five… Ancient Origins of Everyday Things

Now, we all know who invented the light bulb, the telephone and the flushing toilet (or we think we do anyway…) But there are some seriously important everyday inventions whose creators remain unknown to most. Here…
Friday Five… Worst Jobs in History

Friday Five… Worst Jobs in History

Hooray! It’s the weekend! Two days of lie-ins, fry-ups and Saturday night TV. We just wish the weekend lasted a bit longer. Though next time you get that Sunday feeling have a think about…
Friday Five… Finds that prove Aliens actually exist

Friday Five… Finds that prove Aliens actually exist

Was it really 32 long years ago that the unidentified friendly object we now know as E.T first crashed onto our screens? With those huge brown eyes and that cute wrinkly forehead any fears…

Friday Five…Revolting Roman Recipes

All that recent horsemeat hoo-ha turn your stomach? You won’t believe what the Romans tucked into… The recent horsemeat scandal has caused a bit more thinking about what we eat, and where it comes…

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