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BY Culture24
25.07.2016
11,000 pints of beer: Museum launches appeal to save thousands of coins from political upheaval of 4th century
A hoard from a time of power politics in Roman Yorkshire would have been enough to buy 2,000 fish or pay a labourer for six years Finder David Blakey with the some of the coins from the Wold Newton...
BY Culture24
24.07.2016
Three axes were buried in a field in Wales in an Early Bronze Age ritual gift to the gods
A medieval ring, a 13th or 14th century brooch frame and a 16th century pin have also been declared treasure © National Museum Wales Back in the Arreton phase of the Early Bronze Age, around 3,500...
Maribor Museum of National Liberation
21.07.2016
Dragi Martin (Uroš Dokl)
Dragi Martin, Poletje je v muzeju. Hodniki so tišji, razstave se zdi, da počivajo, sodelavci hodijo po hodnikih mirneje, njihovi koraki so skoraj neslišni. Opazujem, kako spokojno diha hiša. Vsak...
BY Culture24
21.07.2016
Archaeologists have found medieval graffiti deep-carved into Lincoln Cathedral
Archaeologists will look to complete missing parts of the history of the 11th century Lincoln Cathedral after finding two bodies and medieval graffiti © Allen Archaeology Medieval graffiti on the...
Museo de Chiclana
20.07.2016
Taller de arqueología
Comienza a andar en el Museo de Chiclana el taller de arqueología organizado por el Museo de Chiclana que se desarrollará hasta el 29 de julio. Estos talleres son una oferta formativa complementaria...
Museo de Chiclana
20.07.2016
Nueva obra para el Museo
La delegada municipal de Cultura, Pepa Vela acompañada del director del Museo de Chiclana, Jesús Romero, ha expresado públicamente ante los medios de comunicación su agradecimiento a Agustín...
BY Culture24
20.07.2016
Object of the Week: A crumpled glimmer of medieval gold discovered in a field in Wales
A wealth of treasures have been declared by Her Majesty's Coroner in Wales – including important early medieval gold © National Museum of Wales Karina Kucharski, the County Archaeologist for...
BY EUROPEANA
19.07.2016
Art FACES – a new educational game for children
A couple of months ago Europeana organized the Europeana Labs Challenge Fabruary 2016 to try to increase innovative re-use of the digital cultural heritage material available on our website. ...
BY Culture24
16.07.2016
Festival of Archaeology 2016: Eleven events bringing our archaeology to life
It's Festival of Archaeology time with hundreds of events nationwide. Here's a starter for ten (plus one) of events happening across the UK Dig Rothley! Saturday July 23 2016 - Sunday July 24 2016...
BY Culture24
27.07.2016
Grave Encounters: The UK's best heritage cemeteries and graveyards
Despite their macabre nature, cemeteries and graveyards offer a wealth of incredible architecture and captivating stories. Britain holds some of the oldest, and most spectacular in the world and are...
BY Culture24
14.07.2016
“You always find the best stuff on the last day”: Unearthing a medieval tile floor at Westgate Oxford
Archaeologist Ben Ford from Oxford Archaeology on a discovery during the Westgate excavation, which won the Best Archeological Project category at the British Archaeological Awards 2016 The 13th...
BY Culture24
11.07.2016
"Archaeology is pure pleasure": "Britain's Pompeii" and mesolithic pendant among victors at British Archaeological Awards 2016
The British Archaeological Awards have honoured some of the best stories to have come out of Britain's history. Archaeology may be "pure pleasure", but these winners have worked hard The thrilling...
BY Culture24
08.07.2016
A human jawbone with teeth has been found placed in a massive whalebone vertebra at a prehistoric cairn in Orkney
Prehistoric Scots put the human jawbone inside a whalebone in a “ritual of foundation or abandonment” This photo shows the burial assemblage of red deer antlers (top left), carved whalebone...
BY Culture24
10.07.2016
This belt buckle was found in the simple grave of a Roman soldier in Leicester
The belt worn by a Roman man in Leicester shows he could have been an authority figure or a member of the elite This belt buckle found in Leicester is decorated with dolphin heads © University of...
BY Culture24
11.07.2016
This is what the community used to look like on a tiny archipelago in the Inner Hebrides
On the most westerly point of mainland Scotland, a group of four islands – the Small Isles – have a population of 200 today Grubbing cabbages by traditional farming methods on The Small Isles in the...
BY EUROPEANA
07.07.2016
#BigArtRide: exploring art, cycling and a virtual city
If you follow us on social media, you will have seen intriguing pictures of people on a bike wearing a VR headset. This was our #BigArtRide, an interactive experience mixing art, virtual reality and...
BY Culture24
07.07.2016
Terry's Chocolate Apple and Rowntree's in the trenches: York and Australia linked by Chocolate Story
The Chocolate Oranges being eaten on World Chocolate Day earned their popularity by fending off the dinner table challenge of the Chocolate Apple © Visit York, visityork.org The sweetest teeth in...
BY Culture24
06.07.2016
Object of the Week: The First World War Mark IV tank used in Steven Spielberg's War Horse
The Mark IV tank - a cameo star of Steven Spielberg's War Horse - has travelled to France for the Somme commemorations © Tank Museum The Tank Museum’s incredible collection of original First World...
BY Culture24
06.07.2016
This is the 17th century pistol of the Baron who escaped the Civil War by dressing as a woman but was caught after asking for a shave
The 1st Baron Delamer had quite a life, including a spell imprisoned in the Tower of London and an ambassadorial role with Charles II. His pistol is a beauty Glyn Hughes, of the National Civil War...
BY Culture24
05.07.2016
