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Living on the Edge: Why Rome’s Elite Built their Dream Villas by the Sea

Dive into the sunlit coves, decorated grottos, and sophisticated marine fishponds of southern Latium with Roberta Ferritto, author of Roman Maritime Villas, and PI of the EU-funded project CLaRMaV (101106554), as she reveals why these coastal retreats were far more than luxurious holiday escapes, and why the race to document them is far from over.… Read More »Living on the Edge: Why Rome’s Elite Built their Dream Villas by the Sea

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Community and Archaeology at Rendlesham

Unearth insights into Rendlesham Revealed, a community archaeology project run by Suffolk County Council which aimed to give as many people as possible an experience of real archaeology. The results of the archaeological investigation and landscape analysis undertaken as part of the project are set out in Windgather Press’ latest publication Rendlesham and the East… Read More »Community and Archaeology at Rendlesham

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New Voices for Women’s History Month

This year, to mark both Women’s History Month and International Women’s Day we are highlighting the incredible contribution of women to the archaeology of Iran, from the earliest horizons of humanity through the Islamic period. Learn more about some of the extraordinary female contributors to New Voices in Iranian Archaeology (Oxbow Books, 2024), whose research… Read More »New Voices for Women’s History Month

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The Real Treasure of Tutankhamun

Uncovering a Wealth of Information Using Everyday Objects The tomb of Tutankhamun, opened up by Howard Carter and his team in November 1922, is the only “essentially intact” pharaoh’s tomb to have been found. However the glittering golden artefacts discovered within this royal resting place may have blinded people to the importance of the scientific… Read More »The Real Treasure of Tutankhamun

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The Symbolic Animal

Here is your sign to learn more about what makes humans ‘symbolic animals’. In this blog, Guido Guarducci, co-editor of Archaeology of Symbols, explores the ways in which people have used symbols throughout history, and continue to do so today, highlighting how this can increase our knowledge of our past. By Guido Guarducci | 2.5… Read More »The Symbolic Animal

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