‘The past lies in fragments… one might just as well try to reconstruct the idea of a tree from its leaves, or…
Revealing the heart of Viking Dublin Between 1974 and 1981, excavations in Dublin’s historic centre revealed a vast swathe of intact archaeology…
York’s celebrated Viking museum was forced to close when its galleries were flooded in December 2015, but with repairs and renovations now…
First opened in 1886, Chester’s Grosvenor Museum has been telling the story of the historic city for more than a century.…
The many achievements of Gertrude Bell (1868-1926) cover archaeology, travel, political administration, and more. She was a key figure in the formation…
One of Europe’s largest infrastructure projects brought with it one of the most extensive archaeological programmes ever undertaken. Lucia Marchini takes a…
The museum at Norton Priory, an extensively excavated monastic site in Cheshire, reopened last summer after a major programme of redevelopment and…
What can the glittering weapon fittings from the Staffordshire Hoard tell us about the Anglo-Saxon warrior elite? Lucia Marchini went along to…
Mark White (ed.) Oxford Archaeology, £25 ISBN 978-0904220773 Review George Nash This much-anticipated book, funded by the former Aggregates Levy Sustainability Fund…
Michael Nevell Society of Antiquaries of Scotland, £25 ISBN 978-190833210 Review LM The M74 Completion Project saw the construction of a new…
The latest exhibition at the British Museum offers an overview of South African art from manuports to Mandela and beyond. Lucia Marchini…