Archaeology

Falklands battlefield survey helps former soldiers
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Oxford
Posted
8 April 2022
The Essay. EarthWorks, Moor. Audio, 14 minutes
High on Exmoor, archaeologist Rose Ferraby reflects on past change and the future.
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BBC Radio 3
Available for over a year
The Essay. EarthWorks, Island. Audio, 14 minutes
Rose Ferraby finds signs that Scotland’s Western Isles were once far from remote.
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BBC Radio 3
Available for over a year
42,000-year-old Aboriginal remains to be reburied
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Australia
Posted
6 April 2022
The Essay. EarthWorks, Mountain. Audio, 14 minutes
Archaeologist Rose Ferraby goes in search of a Neolithic axe quarry in the Lake District.
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BBC Radio 3
Available for over a year
The Essay. EarthWorks, Fen. Audio, 14 minutes
Archaeologist Rose Ferraby digs into the peat of the Fens to unearth tales of change.
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BBC Radio 3
Available for over a year
The Essay. EarthWorks, Wold. Audio, 14 minutes
Archaeologist Rose Ferraby discovers the human past in the chalk of the Yorkshire Wolds.
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BBC Radio 3
Available for over a year
Surprising Roman and medieval remains found
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Wales
Posted
31 March 2022
'Mysterious' giant stone jars found in India
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India
Posted
31 March 2022
Evidence of Roman beer production found during dig
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Beds, Herts & Bucks
Posted
30 March 2022
Research sheds new light on Dark Age remains
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NE Scotland, Orkney & Shetland
Posted
28 March 2022
Archaeology of a Storyteller. Audio, 30 minutes
Excavating author Alan Garner’s inspiration in the small patch of Cheshire he calls home.
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BBC Radio 4
Available for over a year
The medieval-era boats hiding in the River Foyle
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Northern Ireland
Posted
27 March 2022
Arts & Ideas. After Dark Festival: Equinox. Audio, 44 minutes
Matthew Sweet looks for meaning in the moment when the length of day and night is equal.
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BBC Radio 4
Available for over a year
Shedunnit. Agatha’s Archaeologists. Audio, 28 minutes
Agatha Christie knew more than most about digging up corpses.
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BBC Sounds
Available for 5 months
Exhibition of ancient Iraq artefacts to run
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Nottingham
Posted
22 March 2022
Search for hunter-gatherer sites in the Cairngorms
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Highlands & Islands
Posted
16 March 2022
Archaeological interest in site on A9
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Scotland
Posted
14 March 2022
Rare Pictish stone unearthed near Angus
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Scotland
Posted
7 March 2022
In pictures: 'Magical bowls' among seized relics
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Middle East
Posted
7 March 2022
£1.8m project restores town's 11th Century castle site
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Wales
Posted
7 March 2022
Roman fort survey aims to unveil more secrets
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South Scotland
Posted
6 March 2022
Veterans help uncover Napoleonic War-era barracks
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Essex
Posted
6 March 2022
Storms uncover 200-year-old boat on Portrush beach
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Northern Ireland
Posted
4 March 2022