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Site Diary: A Very Dirty Weekend of Cave Archaeology

This is what it’s like to meet a bunch of strangers in a pub and spend the weekend exploring archaeology in a dark, wet cave together. It’s 8pm at the Helwith Bridge Inn and…

To the Rescue! A Cave of Strange Skulls and Weird Wall-Markings

When cavers found a pile of bones and some strange wall-markings inside a newly-discovered cave chamber, DigVentures was called out to investigate. Rain and dense fog set the scene. We were standing close to…

Be the Next Person to Discover Victoria Cave

Over the next 18 months, we’re exploring the Ice Age gems hidden in Victoria Cave. This is your chance to help bring them to national attention. Archaeology is fascinating not just for its discoveries,…

Investigating Yorkshire’s Ice Age Bears

Imagine being the first human to arrive in the north of England after the last Ice Age. After an incredibly long journey, you reach a cave that looks like somewhere you could rest. You…

Sneak Preview of What’s Inside Victoria Cave

Catch the first behind-the-scenes glimpse of Yorkshire’s Ice Age treasures, and even handle them for real. One afternoon in 1837, just before the accession of the young Queen Victoria, two men were walking in…

Site Diary: Who’d Win a Fight Between a Hippo and a Wolf?

That’s the kind of question you ask when you’re a small kid with a big imagination. Except this time, I’m not asking for fun. Imagine a place where African game and temperate woodland species…

Cave archaeology project wins £100k HLF support to build digital museum

DigVentures wins Heritage Lottery Fund support for innovative ‘Under the Uplands’ project in the Yorkshire Dales There was a time when species such as elephant, rhinoceros and hippopotamus roamed the Yorkshire Dales; when it…

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