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Hidden Gems: Neolithic Monuments To Explore Beyond Newgrange

If you're interested in Ireland's Neolithic monuments, sites like Newgrange, Knowth, and Dowth in the Boyne Valley will be on your radar. But what next? From monuments filled with art, to the ones you can help archaeologists investigate, here are some nearby alternatives that are well-worth your time...

The results are in: Radiocarbon dates from the Boyne Valley are totally Neolithic!

Thanks to our crowdfunders, we sent four samples from our dig in the Boyne Valley for radiocarbon dating. Now, the results are back from the lab and they're fascinating!

Earth Trust Podcast: Stories from the landscape

Maiya and Nat join the Earth Trust podcast! In this episode, we discuss the latest stories that the dig is revealing about the people who once lived in this landscape.

Oxfordshire dig reveals 2,700-year-old secrets of Britain’s early ‘master blacksmiths’

Ancient blacksmiths unearthed near Abingdon

DigVentures’ rescue dig at Caerfai features on Digging for Britain

3 Ancient Roman Recipes To Try This Christmas

How to eat like a Roman this holiday season

Deep Time: A revolution in co‑operative archaeology

Meet the archaeological ‘pastronauts’ and professionals who are coming together via an ingenious tech co-op that’s working to safeguard the planet.  

Deep Time: How people power is solving workforce and environmental challenges

Making towards a bold new vision for digital participation in archaeology.

What did Caerfai look like in 50 BC?

An archaeologist's view of an ancient hillfort.

What does Caerfai look like today?

Explore the headland in 3D

DigVentures finds Britain’s earliest medieval prayer beads on Lindisfarne – and they’re made from fish bone

Amazing Artefacts: Britain’s earliest medieval prayer beads are made from fish bone

Bronze Age and Roman discoveries at archaeological dig at prehistoric farming village in the North York Moors

Bronze Age relics have been found at a dig in the North York Moors at the site of a prehistoric farming settlement.

Using crowdsourcing & AI to generate new archaeological discoveries

A project conducted by DigVentures in partnership with ArchAI and Brightwater Landscape Partnership. Published by Nesta.

‘Prehistoric farming settlement’ found on North York Moors

A community excavation led by DigVentures has unearthed post-holes and artefacts thought to date from the Neolithic, Bronze Age, and Roman periods.

These 2,000 year-old drawings by ancient Egyptian school-children are delightful

1,500 year-old mosaic of three women dancing found in Turkey’s ancient city of Germanicia