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Digging underway at the theatre on the site of the Roman town Iteramna Lirenas

Buried Roman theatre sets the stage for new understanding of ancient town

20 Sep 2013

Architectural remains from a Roman theatre buried beneath the Italian countryside are providing new clues as to the importance of a town abandoned by...

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Digging at Ham Hill.

Inside Britain’s biggest Iron Age fortress

01 Sep 2011

A major excavation at Britain’s biggest Iron Age hill-fort has begun in Somerset, in the hope that it will at last enable historians to explain the...

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Newnham dig

Schoolgirls unearth Roman village under College garden

22 Sep 2010

It may look peaceful today, but Newnham College, Cambridge was once the site of a sprawling Roman settlement.

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Iron AgeD

Revolutionising the understanding of the early social fabric of Cambridge

09 Jan 2009

A new book published by the Cambridge Archaeological Unit (CAU) suggests that population density in the later prehistoric / Roman Cambridge area may...

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Portus

Portus Project: bringing to life Trajan’s legacy

01 Jan 2009

Excavation and geophysical survey are uncovering the secrets of an exceptionally diverse Imperial Roman landscape.

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Dr Carenza Lewis

Dr Carenza Lewis

01 Sep 2007

A passion for communicating the thrill of the dig and for uncovering evidence of lives long gone is what inspires archaeologist Dr Carenza Lewis. Her...

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Young archaeologists dig up a mystery

04 Jul 2007

Watch how a group of teenagers taking part in a Cambridge University archaeological dig unexpectedly unearthed the mysterious remains of a woman who...

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Cambridge scholar makes rare 30,000-year-old find.

01 Aug 2006

Archaeologists have unearthed a pair of bone fragments dating back almost 30,000 years and featuring minute designs carved by some of our earliest...

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