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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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Ask our Osteologists: Meet Niamh and Elizabeth

Elizabeth Knox and Niamh Carty
08.03.2018

In this blog we speak to Elizabeth and Niamh, two of our dedicated in-house Human Osteologists (human bone specialists) about their fascinating work analysing human remains from our archaeological sites and what this can tell us about women in the archaeological record for International Women’s Day…

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Archaeological research for Crossrail completes: the UK’s largest archaeology programme

MOLA team
26.10.2017

The final MOLA books of the Crossrail Archaeology series are published, covering 10,000 years of London history.

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Bleak fortunes of 16th to 18th century Londoners revealed through scientific testing for Crossrail

MOLA team
22.10.2017

Discover the latest results from the largest archaeological study of London’s population from the 16th to 18th centuries

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Discovery of rare Anglo-Saxon burials is revealed

MOLA team
16.11.2016

Our team in Northampton have uncovered an important Anglo-Saxon cemetery in an excavation funded by

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Charnel pits: Excavating Historic Human Bones in Islington

MOLA team
24.10.2016

Our archaeologists and osteologists study the disarticulated remains discovered in charnel pits at Kings Square in Islington, London

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