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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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A perfect storm in a tea cup: Archaeology and Britain’s favourite drink

MOLA team
18.04.2018

Today is National Tea Day, where the nation joins together to celebrate the beloved cuppa. But where did our love of tea come from? And what does it have to do with archaeology? Our work is helping to provide some of the answers.

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A journey underground with Tom Holland to discover London Mithraeum

Tom Holland
15.02.2018

Archaeology Ambassador, Tom Holland, takes a trip underground to London Mithraeum Bloomberg SPACE with a quick wander down memory lane.

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For the love of archaeology: Our four favourite Valentine’s finds

MOLA team
14.02.2018

To celebrate Valentine’s Day we asked our team of expert finds specialists to tell us a little bit about their favourite love-related archaeological finds.

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The Curtain Theatre: The citizen's playhouse for high-octane drama

MOLA team
30.01.2018

Today we’re able to reveal further fascinating insights into Shakespeare’s Curtain Theatre in Shoreditch and how its shape and form led it become a true citizen’s playhouse...

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A festive winter walk with MOLA Archaeology Ambassadors

Amy Reid
20.12.2017

This week we were joined by several Archaeology Ambassadors for a walk with experts from our flagship project, the Thames Discovery Programme.

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