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Francis Pryor – What Flag Fen Means to Me

The legendary story of how Francis Pryor didn’t so much discover Flag Fen, as trip over it on the way to the pub, has long been a source of inspiration to weary archaeologists in…

John Gater Talks Geofizz From Down Under

From the shocking revelation that Phil Harding was once voted Time Team’s sexiest man; to the ‘home goal’ discovery of an apsidal ended villa that turned out to be a football penalty spot. When…

Vince Gaffney – Europe’s Lost World

  Christmas has arrived early at DV, and this video clip is our gift to you! Our friend Professor Vince Gaffney of the Institute of Archaeology and Antiquity at Birmingham talks about Doggerland, the…

Tony Robinson – Archaeological Storyteller

As the summer season at Flag Fen built to a tremendous crescendo, we were thrilled to host our penultimate DVIP speaker – Time Team’s very own Tony Robinson. There’s a fantastically adorned chair in…

Martin Carver – What Makes Archaeology Happen?

For the first of our DVIP lectures at Flag Fen we were honoured to host Martin Carver, Emeritus Professor of Archaeology at the University of York, editor of the Journal Antiquity and the author…

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