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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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Prittlewell princely burial secrets revealed in new research

MOLA team
09.05.2019

Today, we’ve published two new books with research revealing previously hidden insights into the Prittlewell princely burial and the man buried.

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CHATmethod call for papers: practical ways to engage with the contemporary and historical past

MOLA team
17.04.2019

We’re delighted to be hosting the CHAT conference this year and are seeking proposals for papers. CHATmethod will venture beyond theory to directly address the basics of what we do and how we do it.

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What should you do if you find a 17th–century ‘witch bottle’?

Nigel Jeffries
16.04.2019

How can 'witch bottles' be identified, and what should you do if one (quite literally) falls down your chimney?

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Toys, tins and tear gas: recording objects from the Calais ‘Jungle’

Louise Fowler
27.03.2019

We have been recording a group of objects collected by the photographer Gideon Mendel at the site of the Calais ‘Jungle’ camp. In this blog Louise Fowler shares some of her personal observations, thoughts and hopes for the project.

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Research for Bloomberg uncovers the earliest evidence for cockroaches in the British Isles

MOLA team
08.02.2019

Excavations in preparation for Bloomberg’s new European Headquarters from 2010-2014 were an unprecedented opportunity to explore three he

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