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BY Culture24
22.06.2015
Community archaeology quest begins for remains of 13th century Benedictine Priory in Norfolk
Medieval lordship and monastic land to be surveyed at complex manorial site in Norfolk Archaeologists will be examining the earthworks adjacent to the River Wissey during a community archaeology...
BY EUROPEANA
09.06.2015
Marketing modern art at 31 Rue Bonaparte
Nowadays, we’re used to billboards and posters advertising the latest exhibitions on the sides of buses and busy street corners. Art is big business so it’s only natural it’s got a publicity budget...
BY Culture24
09.06.2015
Welsh Dragon: Wales' first carnivorous dinosaur goes on display at National Museum Wales
A Welsh Dragon, the first carnivorous dinosaur to be found in Wales, has gone on display in Cardiff Welsh Dragon: the first carniverous dinosaur found in Wales © Nicholls 2015 A new Welsh dinosaur,...
BY Culture24
09.06.2015
Searching for the science behind Tolkien's Middle-earth: Leicester University students map the hobbit metabolism
A pair of Leicester University students with a passion for Tolkien have published an academic project analysing his creation under the microscope of modern science A view from the inside of a hobbit...
BY Culture24
11.06.2015
Historic ambulance train transformation on track for National Railway Museum commemoration of Battle of Somme
Conversion of 108-year-old railway carriage steams ahead with the help of a donation from the Heritage Lottery Fund Adrian Ashby applies the iconic neutral sign, which has been authorised by the...
BY Culture24
19.06.2015
Archaeologists find King's hammered coin at site of Anglo-Scottish conflict which was last medieval battle on British soil
Coin minted by Hammer of the Scots could be remnant of last medieval battle fought on British soil © Courtesy Flodden 1513 A hammered silver halfpenny coin, minted by Edward I after he came to power...
BY Culture24
08.06.2015
Olive oil and dog paw prints: Archaeologists say villa discovery reveals Wales's Roman trading links
Brick bearing dog paw print and coins minted in France and Italy found in Roman Wales Archaeologist Toby Driver's reconstruction of the Abermagwr Roman Villa, found in mid-Wales © Crown copyright:...
BY Culture24
11.06.2015
Where to celebrate the Magna Carta: The UK's best exhibitions and locations
There are plenty of ways to celebrate the 800th anniversary of the sealing of the Magna Carta this summer. Follow our guide to the best Magna Carta exhibitions, locations and events Magna Carta at...
BY Culture24
05.06.2015
Forensic experts recreate middle-aged Anglo-Scandinavian man found beneath Lincoln Castle
Active and strenuous lifestyle could have caused degenerative bone diseases in man who died nearly 1,000 years ago An Anglo-Scandinavian man was one of ten skeletons found at Lincoln Castle in 2013...
BY Culture24
05.06.2015
Ancient gold shows prehistoric trading route existed between Cornwall and Ireland, say experts
Prehistoric economies were partly driven by belief systems, says survey of imported gold in Irish collections © National Museum of Ireland Laser samples on 50 early Bronze Age artefacts show that...
BY Culture24
05.06.2015
Scientists in Gloucestershire name new species of prehistoric lizard after Harry Potter curse
Smallest clevosaur species ever described lived on British archipelago at least 205 million years ago A reconstruction of what Clevosaurus sectumsemper may have looked like © Katharine Whiteside A...
BY Culture24
08.06.2015
Unique display of Magna Cartas celebrate the birth of democracy
Milestone volumes illustrate Magna Carta's continued importance to English society over the centuries The Black Book of Peterborough © Courtesy Society of Antiquaries of London A unique exhibition...
BY Culture24
23.06.2015
Archaeologists revisit Hampshire medieval site where hundreds of graves were discovered
Large ratio of infant burials reflected high infant death rate during the medieval period, say archaeologists in Hampshire One of the child burials found in Basingstoke more than 30 years ago ©...
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04.06.2015
Daily art story: Monet's Water Lilies
“I perhaps owe having become a painter to flowers.” Claude Monet was born as Oscar-Claude Monet on November 14, 1840 in Paris. He was a founder of French Impressionist painting , and the...
BY Culture24
04.06.2015
Jack the Ripper, death masks and the Great Train Robbery: Museum of London to reveal objects from Metropolitan Police's Crime Museum
Six never-before-seen objects from the Metropolitan Police’s hidden Crime Museum to go on public show Conservator Jon Readman takes a look at the death mask of Daniel Good © Museum of London A...
BY EUROPEANA
03.06.2015
18 beautiful houses for tiny people
As a child in 1980s Britain, several books and TV shows captured my imagination with their little people and tiny houses. Bagpuss. Tottie – the Story of a Doll’s House. And my very favourite,...
BY Culture24
03.06.2015
Hotel plan could save World War Two Redsand Forts off Kent coast
One of the most unusual British relics of World War Two could be saved if an ambitious hotel plan goes ahead The towers of Redsand Forts © Courtesy Aros Architects A proposal has been made to turn...
BY Culture24
04.06.2015
Ten star Rothschild treasures from the new British Museum gallery
The Medieval and Renaissance treasures of the Waddesdon Bequest will be unveiled in a brand new gallery at the British Museum on June 11 Left to the museum by Baron Ferdinand de Rothschild in 1898,...
BY Culture24
03.06.2015
Affordable Art Fair finds British people prefer booze over art
We should be investing more of our money in original artwork, says Will Ramsay of the Affordable Art Fair Rosie Emerson, Polaris. Cyanotype with 22 crt gold leaf © Rosie Emerson, courtesy DECORZON...
BY Culture24
01.06.2015
