Site Diary: Introducing Trench 3

Site Diary: The Story of St Cuthbert’s Bead

Site Diary: The Truth, The Whole Truth And Nothing But The Groundtruth

Site Diary: My Very First Dig

Our Crowdfunded Dig At Lindisfarne Is Happening Now!

Why This 8,000 Year-Old Piece Of Wood Is Blowing Archaeologists’ Minds

Mesolithic carpenters left stone tools, wood chippings and a partially constructed boat on a site that’s now 11m below the sea. What’s more, there’s evidence that they were using woodworking techniques not otherwise seen…

How To… Tell The Difference Between A Hill And A Hillfort

So you’re standing on top of a hill admiring the view. Yes, the view is very beautiful, but are you missing out on something even more spectacular? We asked Carlos Otero (who will be…

This 8000 Year Old Underwater Village Was Discovered By A Lobster

Bouldnor Cliff is now completely submerged below a shipping lane just off the Isle of Wight. DigVentures will be tracking the progress of Garry Momber and his team of underwater archaeologists as they dig…

8 Things You Might Find In An Iron Age Roundhouse

Roundhouses became a fairly standard home for people across a large swathe of Europe during the Bronze and Iron Ages, and in Spain, this way of living developed into what is now known as…

In Pictures: Liquid History – a Dirty Weekend on the Thames

Down on the foreshore with Steve 'Mud God' Brooker

Ask an Archaeologist: Question 2 “A Very Old Egg”

Ask an Archaeologist: Question 1 “I Was 9 And It Was In a Victorian Rubbish Dump”

These ‘Snackhenges’ Will Make You Want to Play With Your Food Immediately

And lo, we do present unto you, your new favourite pastime: the curiously addictive hobby of creating tiny edible henges out of your favourite snacks. This week, while we were doing a bit of…

A Space Archaeologist May Have Found New Evidence of Vikings in North America

Satellite images have lead archaeologists to excavate a site showing signs of Viking activity on the other side of the Atlantic Until the 1960s, stories told in the Vinland sagas about the Vikings landing…

We’re Heading to Marden Henge!

At DigVentures, we’re ready to announce another unbelievable archaeological adventure, and this time it’s Neolithic! Tonight on BBC 4, a brand new series of Digging for Britain begins. First up, it’s the team of…

Extraordinary Neolithic Flint Arrowhead Pieced Together After 4500 Years

Four and a half thousand years ago, halfway between Stonehenge and Avebury, an extraordinary flint arrowhead was snapped in two. Now, for the first time in nearly five millenia, the two pieces have been…

Pioneering Women in Archaeology

Explore Spain’s Celtic Connection And Help Dig An Iron Age Hillfort

A Spanish community is crowdfunding help to excavate an impressive Iron Age hillfort in Galicia, on the Atlantic coast of Spain. Archaeologists are inviting adventurous travellers to join a field school for a week…