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Archaeology Workshop #1 – Pottery

What do archaeologists do with pottery? And how do you identify it? In this workshop, Community Archaeologist Johanna introduces the basics.

Amazing Artefacts: King Offa’s Gold Dinar

An Anglo-Saxon coin, with an Arabic inscription

Derinkuyu, Turkey’s Ancient Underground City

Thousands of people once lived in this ancient underground city

Archaeology Pub Quiz #4 – Pyramids, Movies & Anagrams

Can you crack the archaeological anagrams in this week's quiz?!

Archaeology Pub Quiz #3 – Ancient Rome, Ancient Greece

This week's quiz is hosted by DigVentures' co-founder, and all-round archaeological superhero, Lisa (with help from Site Dog Monty).

Archaeology Pub Quiz #2 – Who, What, Where, When

This week's rounds include who, what, where, when, plus a brand new mystery object, and loads more Archaeology Trivia.

Stunning 1,200 year-old glass boardgame ‘King’ piece found on Lindisfarne

It's only the second such piece ever found in the British Isles

How to watch Time Team talks from DigNation ’18

New videos will be available every Sunday at 18:30 GMT

Top 10 Discoveries by Junior Archaeologists in 2019

All over the country, kids and teens are making their own discoveries

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