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12 October 2023 By Mary Bemingham mary@TheCork.ie “I wanted to create a museum for an outdoor space using large-scale replicas of Bronze Age artefacts found in Cork that are beautifully linked to the street’s hospitality heritage” says Fiona Mulholland A third sculpture was unveiled earlier this month in Cork City as part of the exciting…

The artwork Face Cup by artist Fiona Mulholland sits on the facade of the historic Exchange Building on the corner of Princes Street and Oliver ...

Several events will commemorate Juneteenth in Flagstaff.

The discovery of an ancient burial ground where children were placed with sentimental objects by their parents has been hailed by the British Museum as the 'most important' discovery of pre-historic art in Britain in over a century. The...

a href= http://www.britishmuseum.org target= _blank The British Museum /a and Allen Archaeology today announce the discovery of “the most imp

The dismembered bodies were found with their skulls between their legs, and were among 425 bodies. The excavation was carried out along at Fleet Marston, near Aylesbury, in Buckinghamshire, along the high-speed HS2 rail route. The team of around 50 archaeologists discovered that around 10 percent of the huge pile of bodies had been beheaded […]

Details of how archaeological remains from a wealthy Roman settlement were discovered during the Hinkley Point C project are set to be revealed on a BBC2 TV  show this week.

The programme will be broadcast on BBC2 at 8pm on Wednesday 12 January and features the remains of a Roman roadside settlement.

Archaeologists working to prepare for HS2 have begun unlocking almost 900 years of history. The group of enthusiasts recently visited St Mary’s Church in Stoke Mandeville which was built in 1080AD, shortly after the Norman conquest that transformed Saxon England. The construction of a new church closer to the centre of the village in the 1880s saw the building abandoned and falling into disrepair. The church in Stoke Mandeville has been dug up According to local accounts, a child ...