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The beasties who hitch-hiked to Britain with the Roman conquest

Sander Aerts - Environmental Archaeologist
14.12.2018

In this instalment of our #IckyArchaeology blog series, MOLA Environmental Archaeologist Sander Aerts introduces us to grain pests who made their way to Britain by hitching a lift with the Roman army.

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Cambridgeshire Ice Age giants uncovered on the A14C2H

MOLA Headland Infrastructure team
22.10.2018

Excavations for the A14 Cambridge to Huntingdon Improvement Scheme have revealed partial remains belonging to extinct megafauna including woolly mammoth and woolly rhino, thought to be at least 100,000 years old.

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Ask the expert: Environmental Archaeologist

MOLA Headland Infrastructure team
20.03.2018

We have been catching up with a few of the specialists bringing their archaeological skills to the A14 Cambridge to Huntingdon improvement scheme, based at the MOLA Headland Infrastructure processing base in St Neots.

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Time Truck takes Earls Court locals on a tour of their past

Magnus Copps
17.05.2016

Magnus and Charlotte took the Time Truck out for a spin at Earls Cout. Find out more.

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Mystery of the Crossrail skulls

MOLA team
24.04.2016

Collaborating with University of Southampton we've undertaken testing of our theory as to why there are so many Roman skulls found in the Walbrook valley.

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