Archaeology

Ardal O’Hanlon: Tomb Raider. Video, 59 minutes
Ardal O'Hanlon explores a 1930s quest to find the first Irish using archaeology.
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BBC One
Available for 6 months
This Cultural Life. Penelope Lively. Audio, 42 minutes
Author Penelope Lively discusses her formative creative influences and experiences.
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BBC Radio 4
Available for over a year
Work starts on replica Iron Age roundhouse
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Cambridgeshire
Posted
5 May 2022
Graffiti hunt finds 600 marks in Orkney cathedral
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NE Scotland, Orkney & Shetland
Posted
3 May 2022
The Documentary Podcast. The Grand Egyptian Museum. Audio, 24 minutes
Jonathan Glancey travels to Cairo to report on a truly remarkable construction project
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BBC World Service
Available for over a year
Archaeologists dig into hillfort's secrets
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South Scotland
Posted
1 May 2022
Stonehenge land once inhabited by deer and boar
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Bristol
Posted
28 April 2022
The Essay. New Generation Thinkers 2021, Ruffs in Jamestown. Audio, 14 minutes
Lauren Working on what fashion reveals about life for C16 English settlers in America.
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BBC Radio 3
Available for over a year
Hundreds of burials found in cathedral excavation
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Leicester
Posted
27 April 2022
Gaza farmer finds 4,500-year-old statue of goddess
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Middle East
Posted
26 April 2022
Seventeen skeletons found in shopping centre dig
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Wales
Posted
25 April 2022
Clan warfare details uncovered by history project
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Scotland
Posted
22 April 2022
Anglo-Saxon kings mostly vegetarian, study finds
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Cambridgeshire
Posted
22 April 2022
CrowdScience. Why did the ancient Maya abandon their cities? Audio, 34 minutes
What caused the prosperous Maya civilisation to collapse 1000 years ago?
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BBC World Service
Available for over a year
Artefact should be on display in Wales - academic
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Wales
Posted
18 April 2022
Metal detectorists' finds could be treasure
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Norfolk
Posted
13 April 2022
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