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Statue of Boudicca commissioned by Queen Victoria (Rixie / Adobe Stock) — 04 Jan 2023

Venta Icenorum: Excavating Romans In Boudicca’s Lands

By Rebecca Batley

Archaeology & Science

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Today the sleepy village of Caistor St Edmund in the country of Norfolk with its typical church spire and green, seems unremarkable but 2,000 years ago the terrain helped shaped the future of the whole of Britain. Just outside the village lies the...
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Statue of Boudicca commissioned by Queen Victoria (Rixie / Adobe Stock) — 04 Jan 2023

Venta Icenorum: Excavating Romans In Boudicca’s Lands

By Rebecca Batley

Archaeology & Science

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Today the sleepy village of Caistor St Edmund in the country of Norfolk with its typical church spire and green, seems unremarkable but 2,000 years ago the terrain helped shaped the future of the whole of Britain. Just outside the village lies the...
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Viking landing at Dublin, 841, by James Ward (1851-1924) (Public Domain) — 28 Dec 2022

Traces Of Viking Ivar the Boneless’ Dynasty At Waterford, Ireland

By Rebecca Batley

Archaeology & Science

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County WexfordThe first Viking raids recorded in Ireland date to 795 AD, and then they rapidly appear in the historic record. Traditionally the early Viking activity in Ireland falls into three phases, the first being a period of lightning...
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Viking landing at Dublin, 841, by James Ward (1851-1924) (Public Domain) — 28 Dec 2022

Traces Of Viking Ivar the Boneless’ Dynasty At Waterford, Ireland

By Rebecca Batley

Archaeology & Science

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County WexfordThe first Viking raids recorded in Ireland date to 795 AD, and then they rapidly appear in the historic record. Traditionally the early Viking activity in Ireland falls into three phases, the first being a period of lightning...
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Vindolanda Roman fort on Hadrians Wall, Northumberland, England. Walls of the commanders residence (David Matthew Lyons / Adobe Stock) — 16 Dec 2022

Revisiting Vindolanda, The Roman Outpost Of Hadrian’s Wall

By Rebecca Batley

Archaeology & Science

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Sitting proudly on the line of Hadrian's Wall in northern England, just south of the Scottish border, the Roman fort of Vindolanda has dominated the landscape for nearly 2,000 years. Originally built to guard Stanegate, the literal “stone road”...
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Vindolanda Roman fort on Hadrians Wall, Northumberland, England. Walls of the commanders residence (David Matthew Lyons / Adobe Stock) — 16 Dec 2022

Revisiting Vindolanda, The Roman Outpost Of Hadrian’s Wall

By Rebecca Batley

Archaeology & Science

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Sitting proudly on the line of Hadrian's Wall in northern England, just south of the Scottish border, the Roman fort of Vindolanda has dominated the landscape for nearly 2,000 years. Originally built to guard Stanegate, the literal “stone road”...
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The ruins of Reading Abbey and Forbury Park in 2020. (Marie / Adobe Stock) — 16 Nov 2022

Restoring The Ruins Of Reading Abbey, Resting Place Of Kings

By Rebecca Batley

Archaeology & Science

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Reading Abbey was once one of the largest monastic complexes in the British Isles. It was one of the pinnacles of religious life in England and the burial place of King Henry I. Located on a pilgrim route it was also home to a relic of St James and...
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The ruins of Reading Abbey and Forbury Park in 2020. (Marie / Adobe Stock) — 16 Nov 2022

Restoring The Ruins Of Reading Abbey, Resting Place Of Kings

By Rebecca Batley

Archaeology & Science

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Reading Abbey was once one of the largest monastic complexes in the British Isles. It was one of the pinnacles of religious life in England and the burial place of King Henry I. Located on a pilgrim route it was also home to a relic of St James and...
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Royal Gunpowder Mills, Waltham Abbey (CC BY-SA 2.0) — 31 Oct 2022

Alchemist British Monks: Digging Up The Old Gunpowder Mills

By Rebecca Batley

Archaeology & Science

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16th-Century monks in Britain had a blast! They were the first to experiment with the recipe of saltpeter, Sulphur and charcoal to produce gunpowder in Britain. In the Battle of Crecy in 1346 the British artillery used gunpowder against the French...
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Royal Gunpowder Mills, Waltham Abbey (CC BY-SA 2.0) — 31 Oct 2022

Alchemist British Monks: Digging Up The Old Gunpowder Mills

By Rebecca Batley

Archaeology & Science

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16th-Century monks in Britain had a blast! They were the first to experiment with the recipe of saltpeter, Sulphur and charcoal to produce gunpowder in Britain. In the Battle of Crecy in 1346 the British artillery used gunpowder against the French...
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Tomb of Richard de Vere the 11th Earl of Oxford - died 1417 - and his second wife Alice. He commanded the English centre under Henry V at Agincourt, and was involved in the king’s French campaigning. (Image: © Rebecca Batley) — 19 Sep 2022

Colne Priory – Revisiting the Excavation Of The Earls Of Oxford’s Tomb Sites

By Rebecca Batley

Archaeology & Science

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No trace of the medieval Colne Priory in Essex remains above ground, as the site is now occupied by a later building of the same name, and in private ownership. However, for decades archaeologists have been digging into its past as the priory was...
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Tomb of Richard de Vere the 11th Earl of Oxford - died 1417 - and his second wife Alice. He commanded the English centre under Henry V at Agincourt, and was involved in the king’s French campaigning. (Image: © Rebecca Batley) — 19 Sep 2022

Colne Priory – Revisiting the Excavation Of The Earls Of Oxford’s Tomb Sites

By Rebecca Batley

Archaeology & Science

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No trace of the medieval Colne Priory in Essex remains above ground, as the site is now occupied by a later building of the same name, and in private ownership. However, for decades archaeologists have been digging into its past as the priory was...
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Caratacus, King of the Silures, delivered up by Cartimandua, Queen of the Brigantes to Roman General Ostorius by Francesco Bartolozzi (Public Domain) — 17 Aug 2022

Britain’s Stanwick Oppidum: Capital Of Queen Cartimandua And The Brigantes?

By Rebecca Batley

Archaeology & Science

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Britain's Iron Age landscape conceals many secrets and has many tales to tell and few stories are more dramatic than that of the Brigantes and their queen Cartimandua, when the Romans arrived in Britain. A contemporary of Boudicca, Cartimandua...
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Caratacus, King of the Silures, delivered up by Cartimandua, Queen of the Brigantes to Roman General Ostorius by Francesco Bartolozzi (Public Domain) — 17 Aug 2022

Britain’s Stanwick Oppidum: Capital Of Queen Cartimandua And The Brigantes?

By Rebecca Batley

Archaeology & Science

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Britain's Iron Age landscape conceals many secrets and has many tales to tell and few stories are more dramatic than that of the Brigantes and their queen Cartimandua, when the Romans arrived in Britain. A contemporary of Boudicca, Cartimandua...
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Sudeley Castle as visible from the Cotswold Way (Ethan Doyle White / CC BY-SA 4.0) — 20 Jul 2022

Sudeley Castle’s ‘Footprints’ Of The Tudors

By Rebecca Batley

Archaeology & Science

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Awarded the accolade as “one of England’s most picturesque castles”, the manor of Sudeley Castle lies just to the east of the picturesque River Isbourne, a few miles from Cheltenham, on the edge of the Cotswold Plateau. Besides being renowned...
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Sudeley Castle as visible from the Cotswold Way (Ethan Doyle White / CC BY-SA 4.0) — 20 Jul 2022

Sudeley Castle’s ‘Footprints’ Of The Tudors

By Rebecca Batley

Archaeology & Science

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Awarded the accolade as “one of England’s most picturesque castles”, the manor of Sudeley Castle lies just to the east of the picturesque River Isbourne, a few miles from Cheltenham, on the edge of the Cotswold Plateau. Besides being renowned...
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Historic Pembroke Castle birthplace of King Henry VII, Pembrokeshire, Wales, UK ( Marcin / Adobe Stock) — 22 Jun 2022

Pembroke Castle Revealing A Secret Of Henry VII’s Birthplace

By Rebecca Batley

Archaeology & Science

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Situated on a high ridge between two tidal inlets in the south-west corner of Wales, Pembroke Castle, with its walls still standing sentinel after hundreds of years, dominates the landscape. These walls stand as silent witnesses to a narrative of...
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Historic Pembroke Castle birthplace of King Henry VII, Pembrokeshire, Wales, UK ( Marcin / Adobe Stock) — 22 Jun 2022

Pembroke Castle Revealing A Secret Of Henry VII’s Birthplace

By Rebecca Batley

Archaeology & Science

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Situated on a high ridge between two tidal inlets in the south-west corner of Wales, Pembroke Castle, with its walls still standing sentinel after hundreds of years, dominates the landscape. These walls stand as silent witnesses to a narrative of...
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The single inscription which identifies the location depicted in the reliefs reads: — 09 May 2022

Excavating Azekah: Defensive Bastion Of The Kingdom Of Judeah

By Rebecca Batley

Archaeology & Science

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Describing the fortress of Azekah 2,700 years ago the mighty Assyrian King Sennacherib wrote that “its walls were strong and rivalled the highest mountains…by means of beaten earth ramos, battering rams…I captured, I carried off its spoil, I...
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The single inscription which identifies the location depicted in the reliefs reads: — 09 May 2022

Excavating Azekah: Defensive Bastion Of The Kingdom Of Judeah

By Rebecca Batley

Archaeology & Science

0

Describing the fortress of Azekah 2,700 years ago the mighty Assyrian King Sennacherib wrote that “its walls were strong and rivalled the highest mountains…by means of beaten earth ramos, battering rams…I captured, I carried off its spoil, I...
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