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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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The Medieval Mystery of the Booted Man in the Mud

MOLA Headland Infrastructure team
04.12.2018

A mysterious male skeleton, lying face-down deep in the Thames mud, with a pair of in-situ thigh-high leather boots has been discovered by our MOLA Headland archaeologists working on one of the sites being used to build London’s super sewer in Bermondsey.

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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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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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