As part of National Science and Engineering Week, the British Museum organised a family event, allowing young and old to meet scientists and conservationists to discover how science unlocks secrets behind some of the Museums most iconic objects. Those attending on Saturday the 7th of March were allowed to handle…
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Lightweight Film Camera for general use (or… new toys!!!!)
We’re about to leave for a field trip annex teambuilding annex day-away-from-the-computer-screens to Stonehenge – the one with the large rocks mounted somewhere between 2600 and 1600BC, should there be any doubt – and as we are already dragging along quite a few DSLR’s, some laptops, a bag with cookies…
The Ongoing Saga of Stonehenge
Back in 2000, which was by no means the very start of the ‘Stonehenge Saga‘, the Journal of Architectural Conservation published an article by Elizabeth Young and Wayland Kennet outlining the “national disgrace” that constitutes facilities at Stonehenge. The existing visitor centre was slated for its “grubby car park, tiny…
Prehistoric fish pioneers sex
Sex involving ‘penetration’ is part of life for at least 380 000 000 years.That’s way longer than what we suspected. Internal fertilization was common with prehistoric fishes that lived at old tropical coral reefs during the Devonian, writes Nature, in a article that casts a new light on the history…
Urn Field, Cemetery from the Iron Age discovered at Wijnegem
In the past few months, archaeologist have excavated an exceptionally well preserved urn field at Wijnegem in the province of Antwerp, Belgium.An urn field is a cemetery, where in cremation remains were placed in an urn into the soil. About 24 graves from the early Iron Age (ca.2800 years old)…
Fields of Gold
A massive haul of 824 gold coins from the Iron Age have been discovered in the United Kingdom. The coins were found using a metal detector buried in a field near Wickham Market in Suffolk. They were enclosed within a broken pottery jar and had a value when in circulation…
Archaeology and Tourism – in synergy or conflict?
Interesting conference debating the inter-relationship between archaeology and the tourism industry. Details below: Organizer: Dr. Noel B. Salazar (University of Leuven) In a bid to obtain a piece of the lucrative global tourism pie, destinations worldwide are trying to play up their local distinctiveness. This is sometimes done by borrowing…
Head of Amenhotep III returns to Egypt
A 14th Century BC Egyptian sculpture, the Head of Amenhotep III smuggled out in the early 1990s has finally been returned to Egypt. The head was smuggled out by Jonathan Tokeley-Perry who was convicted to a six year custodial sentence in 1997 of illegal smuggling. It is known that the…
Ancient Hockey Shrine discovered at Terracotta Warriors Site
The game of Hockey has been around from the time of early civilization. Some of the reports find the earliest origin of the game 4000 years back. Field hockey was reportedly played even before the birth of Christ. Basically known as the ball and stick game, it was played since…
Egypt Yesterday
Not been to Egypt and looking to go away somewhere…. After 2 weeks of freezing cold weather here in London and it seems everyone either having a cold or flu this photo should point you in the right direction. Thanks Sandro!