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Welcome to the MOLA blog. Explore our latest news, discoveries, stories and content. Our blog posts are created by archaeologists and specialists from across the organisation and cover a range of fascinating and informative topics. Browse our posts using the tags, join in the discussion and share with your network.

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Medieval St Paul’s Cathedral destroyed in the Great Fire to be reconstructed in virtual reality

MOLA team
16.11.2018

We are collaborating on a project led by Professor John Wall of NCSU, to bring the Medieval St Paul's Cathedral back to life.

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Remembrance

MOLA team
09.11.2018

Sometimes, we unearth items that stop us in our tracks and ground us in reality. We recently found a German helmet concealed in suspected bomb rubble from the Blitz.

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Battle of the sexes: Roman lamp fragment shines a light on gender politics and sexuality in 1st century Southwark

Michael Marshall - Roman Finds Specialist
02.11.2018

The discoveries from our excavations in north Southwark on behalf of MB Bermondsey have been making their way into the hands of our specialists. One object in particular caught the eye of Michael Marshall, one of our Roman Finds Specialists.

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Full steam ahead for HS2 archaeology programme

MOLA Headland Infrastructure
31.10.2018

HS2's archaeology programme is the largest archaeological project to have ever taken place in the UK. Over 1,000 specialists are working across 60 sites along the 150 mile route. The project is an unprecedented research opportunity.

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A surfeit of lampreys: First evidence of stomach-turning medieval delicacy found in London

MOLA team
25.10.2018

We have identified keratin ‘teeth’ belonging to the gruesome lamprey fish for the first time in London’s archaeological record.

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