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10 Cakes Every Archaeologist Will Want to Stick Their Trowel Into

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

The Archaeology of Star Wars

The Archaeology of Star Wars

Site Diary: Digging at the Edge of the World

What is it like to dig at the edge of the world? This update from Xosé Gago and the Costa dos Castros project tells it like it is. Here we are, digging at the…

Surprising finds at Cabeciña

Five Surprising Things You’d Find at an Iron Age Hillfort in Spain

Something that looks like a weapon but isn’t, and something that doesn’t but is… these are just some of the things you might find on a Spanish Iron Age hillfort. From Maiden Castle to…

Leiston – Season 3 – Wrap

It’s all over folks! But what were the highlights? Lowlights? Bunfights? It’s time to get reflective as settle back for a well earned brew…

Leiston – Season 3 – Day 12

Day 12, and it’s Smart/Casual day in the trenches (and nice weather for ducks!)

Leiston – Season 3 – Day 11

Day 11, and our very own Dad’s Army head out to RSPB Minsmere – the original site of Leiston Abbey – to rescue some Medieval archaeology from a WW2 pillbox.

Leiston – Season 3 – Day 10

Day 10, and things are getting fabulous, with fresh digging news from Iron Age Spain…

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