This book provides a brief history of how humans have dealt with their dead over the centuries – mainly focusing on the…
More than a decade in the making, this book was well worth the wait. It is a thorough compendium of knowledge on…
Cave painting is one of the earliest forms of human culture, one of the first outlets of our creativity. But the meaning…
A recently revealed Iron Age settlement in Cressing, near Braintree in Essex, appears to have been almost completely destroyed during the second…
A recent conservation project has breathed new life into an Iron Age broch in northern Scotland. The Ousdale Broch, just south of…
Caistor Roman Project (CRP) – a community archaeology group centred around the Roman town of Venta Icenorum at present-day Caistor St Edmund…
In December 2019, a small fragment of cedar, which had been missing for more than 70 years, was rediscovered within the collections…
A recent excavation along Constitution Street in Leith, in advance of an extension to the Edinburgh tram line to Newhaven, has uncovered…
Community excavations on the Beaulieu Estate in the New Forest have uncovered an enigmatic Bronze Age monument, as well as evidence for…
Happy New Year! It always feels odd when I sit to write my December letter, knowing that I am addressing you in…