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History’s hard-learned lessons

We study the past, or so the story goes, so that mistakes will never be repeated. However, according to recent studies there’s a recurring lesson we keep ignoring, one that could spell very real…

Friday Five…Implausible Idioms!

  The English language is so full of awkward exceptions, sneaky silent letters and incomprehensible idioms, we’re baffled that anyone actually manages to master it! But ever thought about what you’re really saying? When…

Unwrapping a mummy – digitally!

Hands-off history! With technology creating ever expanding opportunities for museums, gone are the days of dragging the kids round stuffy aisles looking at row after row of artefacts behind glass cabinets. Museums now have…
Friday Five…Militant Mums

Friday Five…Militant Mums

Talk about tough love! We all love our mums dearly, and this Sunday (which we hope you already know is Mothering Sunday!) we plan to show this in spectacular form with roast dinners, posh…

Digging up Daleks – Ex-cav-ate! Ex-cav-ate!

With only a series of small walls remaining where there was once a grand Roman fortress, archaeologists could be forgiven for wishing that they could jump into a Tardis and whizz back to a…
Friday Five… Must-see Museums

Friday Five… Must-see Museums

Grab your suitcase! Here at DigVentures, we’re into our digital technology and all the conveniences it can offer. Like Google Art, for instance, where you can view great art around the world from museums…
Friday Five…Revolting Rhymes

Friday Five…Revolting Rhymes

There’s nothing sweet about these little ditties! How many mummies today lull their little angels to sleep with the nursery rhymes their own mother sang to you as a wee whippersnapper? Those nursery rhymes…

Lost Change… and Found Knowledge

Mapping Coins from the Portable Antiquities Scheme Flustering to count your change you drop your pound coin and watch it roll into the nearby drain just as your bus turns the corner onto your…
Friday Five… Worst Vikings Ever

Friday Five… Worst Vikings Ever

  Man the barricades – The Vikings are coming! Renowned for their skills in raiding, raping and pillaging they were not a bunch you would want to pick a fight with. For this week’s Friday…

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Geo-tagging: the secrets of how people use heritage revealed

Forget geophysics, and think geo-tagging! The ever-expanding popularity of recording our experiences through social media is creating a reassure chest of new data that can be used to explore the ways we engage with…
#ragnarok2014 – The day we didn’t die

#ragnarok2014 – The day we didn’t die

The end was nigh – again! There have been a few times now that we’ve suspected the end was nigh and the destruction of planet earth was inevitably on its way. The Mayan Apocalypse…
Friday Five… Historical Love Rats

Friday Five… Historical Love Rats

Phew, Valentines mania has finally passed. No more sickeningly sweet Facebook statuses and having to fight our way through our front doors due to the mound of tat we’ve been posted by secret admirers…

Raiders of the Lost Ark’s Instruction Manual

England is currently in the middle of a natural crisis the likes of which it has not seen in a very long time. With flood water steadily creeping above doorstep, wellie-boot and even head…

Friday Five… Incurable Archaeological Romantics

It goes without saying that an archaeologist is married, first and foremost, to the job. Sure, it can be tedious and hard work (show us a marriage that isn’t!) but with commitment and trust,…

Facebook’s Edwardian Ancestors

A week ago today we donned our party hats in celebration of the 10th birthday of our favourite social networking site, Facebook. With words like ‘unfriend’ sneaking their way into the dictionary, and it…

Friday Five… Facts you probably don’t know about Valentine’s Day

Got your restaurant booked? Ordered your roses and chocolates? Yes, it’s that time again; St. Valentine’s Day is (almost) upon us, so in the manner of a public service announcement we are issuing this…

Made to Murder – The Dirty Road to Enlightenment

The advancement of medical knowledge serves to keep us healthier and happier for longer and longer. Whereas prehistoric folk left their old behind when they couldn’t keep up, thanks to a vastly increased life…

Friday Five… Marvellous Medieval Medicine

Picture yourself now, taking a leisurely stroll down a medieval street, on your way to collect some fresh water from the town well. Well not leisurely actually, more picking your way through the rubbish…

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