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Five Things You Need to Know about the Real Downton Abbey

As millions of fans tune into the new series of Downton Abbey, few will know the secrets of its real-life counterpart and filming location, Highclere Castle. From television to Tutankhamun, there’s more to this…

Five World Heritage Sites We Don’t Want to Lose

Teetering on the edge of a changing environment, under threat from conflict, facing the encroaching claws of developers or just got a leaky roof, there are many reasons why it’s an ongoing struggle to…

Friday Five … Rediscoveries

We’ve all done it before – whether on a night out, down the side of the sofa or hiding in our handbags all along – the things most important to us are the things…

Friday Five… Lost Treasures that Still Need to Be Found

No wonder humans are so obsessed with having their own share of such a precious element… According to recent calculations, all the gold that has ever been discovered in the world could fit under…
Recovery? From Flanders to Afghanistan

Recovery? From Flanders to Afghanistan

How far can technology and medicine heal the body and the mind? Can recovery ever truly be achieved? To find out, we head to the Thackray Medical Museum in Leeds where a new exhibition…

Five… Terrible Taxes From the Ancient World

  Just when we feel we can’t possibly hand over a penny more of our hard earned cash to those fellas at Westminster, we hear mention of a 31% flat tax rate. Think that’s…
The World’s Tiniest Museum

The World’s Tiniest Museum

The world’s tiniest museum is in a New York lift shaft, and it’s full of modern day artefacts, like plastic spoons. Where does the shoe thrown at George W. Bush go after the media…

Five… Real Life Archaeological Murder Mysteries

Now we all love a good murder mystery, who doesn’t? But we’ve dug up a few ancient cases that would put even Miss Marple to the test. We’ve just got one question… who dunnit?…

Friday Five… Archaeological Cave Sites

  When someone says ‘archaeology’, we tend to think of wet, muddy fields or dry, dusty plains. But from Indiana Jones to Prometheus, the new stereotypical archaeologist hang out seems to be ‘the cave.’…

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House of Terror

House of Terror

Now we all like the good old British Museum, but here at DigVentures, we like to venture a little further afield. So, for this week’s #MuseumMonday, we visited the Terror Haza (House of Terror)…

Friday Five… Fantastic Finds From Leiston Abbey

Leiston Abbey was home to a little known monastic order called the Premonstratensians. We’ve got just three more days to finish excavating, so what have we discovered so far? Here’s our top five finds…
Nazi buddha came from outer space

Five Totally Absurd Archaeological Headlines

Now, we’ve seen a thing or two in our time as archaeologists. Some of these things have been exciting, others confusing and a few that are just downright bizarre. But sometimes, even these things…
To dig or not to dig, that is the question

To dig or not to dig, that is the question

Archaeology is often characterised by the act of digging, so when Mary Beard suggested that new techniques could mean giving up the trowel, there was furor. In short, to dig or not to dig?…

Friday Five… Forgotten Civilisations

The typical history syllabus has a lot of ground to cover, leaving little room for anything before the industrial revolution. For many, that means the only ancient civilisations that get a look-in are Egypt,…

Friday Five… Ancient Origins of Everyday Things

Now, we all know who invented the light bulb, the telephone and the flushing toilet (or we think we do anyway…) But there are some seriously important everyday inventions whose creators remain unknown to most. Here…

Five Dazzling Ancient Solstice Sites That Aren’t Stonehenge

Stonehenge is certainly one of the most famous sites built to mark the solstice, but it’s not the only one vying for the title of most ancient. So as revellers gather to observe the…
Friday Five… Worst Jobs in History

Friday Five… Worst Jobs in History

Hooray! It’s the weekend! Two days of lie-ins, fry-ups and Saturday night TV. We just wish the weekend lasted a bit longer. Though next time you get that Sunday feeling have a think about…
Friday Five… Finds that prove Aliens actually exist

Friday Five… Finds that prove Aliens actually exist

Was it really 32 long years ago that the unidentified friendly object we now know as E.T first crashed onto our screens? With those huge brown eyes and that cute wrinkly forehead any fears…

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