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7 Medieval Medicines Dug Up By Archaeologists That Actually Work

Medical waste is generally something to be avoided, but for archaeologists it provides a rare opportunity to show that medieval medicine wasn’t all hocus pocus. “10 bizarre medieval medical practices”, “crazy potions and nasty…

17 Best Archaeology Songs of All Time

Puns. Music. Archaeology. All rolled into one. What more do you want? We all like to sing a good tune on site, but listen carefully, because some of those songs are actually about archaeology….

How Old Do I Look?

You may have seen the latest app released by Microsoft – it’s a new facial analysis tool called How Old Do I Look?, which uses “state-of-the-art, cloud-based algorithms” to recognise human faces and then…

A Guide To Soil Identification Using Biscuits

The importance of biscuits in the lives of archaeologists cannot be underestimated. And now, with the DigVentures Biscuit Chart Soil Identification Guide, they’re about to become even more valuable. Mid-chocolatey brown? Nope, in archaeology,…

A Guide to the UK’s Best Car Park Archaeology

Here’s where you can park your car above some really great archaeology. There are over 6,000 multi-storey car parks in the UK. I don’t know how many there are in total, but 100,000 seems…

Pioneering Women in Archaeology

Back in the days when archaeology was a developing discipline, it was – like so many things – dominated by men. Or so you would think if you only looked at Wikipedia’s archaeology page….

How to impress an archaeologist with LEGO

Ok, to put things in context, let’s start with something simple. When I make LEGO, it looks a bit like this: But fine, other people make better LEGO pyramids with stuff inside, like this:…

Top 10 Things to Find on a Roman Dig

Matt Beresford is the brains and (some) of the braun behind #ResearchingRomanSouthwell – a super exciting crowdfunded community archaeology project that’s open to everyone to get involved in, online or in the trenches. We…

Review: What We Learn From Watching 10,000 BC

You learn a lot about maggots, the modern human condition and how we view the people of the past today. Unfortunately, you don’t learn very much about 10,000 BC. In case you missed it,…

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10 Photos Taken While Flying Over Iron Age Hillforts Covered in Snow

Buzzing over the landscape in a light aircraft is a brilliant way to spot archaeological features. In the snow, they stand out even more. Here’s 10 of Britain’s most impressive Iron Age hill forts…

7 Classical Statues Taking Selfies

These days, the big trend for arts and culture buffs is #museumselfie. But we’ve noticed that not all museum artefacts are content with merely being in the background – since the summer, the statues…

7 Ancient Statues That Show Just How Much Animals Really Mean To Us

Humans have always had a close connection to animals, whether for food, transport or just a nice sloppy kiss and wagging tail after a hard day’s work. The earliest human-with-dog burial dates back 14,000…

10 Cakes Every Archaeologist Will Want to Stick Their Trowel Into

We love the past. We love cake. But can we have both? Well, these delightful creations just go to show… we greedy archaeologists really can have archaic and eat it too! Here’s 10 of…

Five Haunted Archaeological Artefacts that You Will Never Want to Lay Hands On

Halloween should really be the worst time of the year for archaeologists. After all, we’ve disturbed more dead souls than most. How can we relax and enjoy the bat’s blood punch when we’re constantly…

10 Best and Worst Horror Movies Featuring Archaeologists

‘Intrepid-archaeologist-disturbs-ancient-evil’ has got to be one of the most ubiquitous horror movie tropes out there; our seemingly irrepressible intrepid-ness means we’re forever sticking our trowels in where they’re not wanted, opening up some cursed…

Friday Five… Reasons Why Our Ancestors Got Tattoos

Earlier this week, the striking tattoos of an ancient Siberian princess hit the headlines. Now, you may think of tattoos as something to cover up when grandma comes to visit to avoid unnecessary tutting…

Five of the World’s Most Fascinating Lists

What excuses did Egyptians make for taking a day off work? What was on Galileo’s shopping list? How much compensation could a Barbarian claim for having an eye or tooth knocked out? Ahh lists….

Six Of The Best Books From The Ancient World

Mmm… the smell of old books; something that can never be replaced by the Kindle. But if you can’t judge a book by its cover, you certainly shouldn’t judge it by its smell, because…

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