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The DNA of World War One

The DNA of World War One

With the wealth of war letters and literature now readily available online, it is easier than ever to reconstruct the detailed lives of our heroic ancestors. But with an estimated 100,000 soldiers still unidentified…

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…
The $65 billion picture

The $65 billion picture

Welcome to #MondayFundDay! We here at DigVentures caught on to the potential of crowdfunding almost immediately. As early adopters, we knew it was an absolute slam-dunk in terms of reaching new audiences, involving the…

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…

Paid Internship Opportunity with Global Heritage Fund UK

Hello DigVentures community! We’re helping one of our favourite organisations to find a Digital Media and Admin Assistant Intern for their London office. Have you got the right stuff? Read on! Global Heritage Fund…
Back in Britain – Changing Lives at Home in #WWI

Back in Britain – Changing Lives at Home in #WWI

Welcome to this week’s #WWWednesday! This week, we are sharing our most recent #WWI obsession the ‘Back in Britain’ tumblr site run by DCMS. Part of the Government’s prgramme to mark the First World…
#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…

A Home Front Tragedy, 1915

Welcome to #WWWednesday! While drinking our morning coffee at DVHQ, we noticed a tweet from the excellent @ArthursLetters, which shares a poignant story about a tragedy involving several members of the 4th KOYLI during…

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…

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Headland Archaeology at Fulk's Castle

A Knight’s Tale

Over 90% of archaeology that takes place in the UK happens as a result of a planning condition, meaning that developers have to balance the cost of new construction projects against the potential impact…

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…

Social Contract Archaeology – The DigVentures Model

Freshly accredited as a Registered Organisation by the Institute for Archaeololgists, DigVentures were invited to publish an inaugural address in ‘The Archaeologist’ journal describing why we joined the quality accreditation scheme, and describing some…
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Community Archaeology Comes of Age

Distilling the essence of the entrepreneurial spirit, LinkedIn co-founder Reid Hoffman described starting a new business as ‘like throwing yourself off a cliff and assembling the plane on the way down.’ If that’s the…

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…
What do reindeer have in common with equity crowdfunding?

What do reindeer have in common with equity crowdfunding?

The Reindeer of Rivington Street Okay, okay, I was going for the whole ‘Wolf of Wall Street’ thing with that headline, I admit it. But why pick ‘reindeer’ in relation to Seedrs? Reindeer aren’t…

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…
Honour envelopes – WWI’s top secret letters of love

Honour envelopes – WWI’s top secret letters of love

image: British Museum and Postal Archive, @postalheritage Honour envelopes: top secret letters of love Through the wonders of twitter, we have just discovered Honour envelopes. This lovely concept has really taken our fancy, so…

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