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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 the Expert: Not just any old gridiron

MOLA Headland team
11.09.2019

MOLA Headland Registered Finds Specialist, Owen Humphreys, explores what a Roman gridiron found on the A14C2H can tell us about cooking technology in Roman Cambridgeshire.

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‘I went to Rome and all I got you was this stylus!’ Rare inscribed Roman writing implement discovered beneath Bloomberg’s European HQ goes on display

MOLA team
28.07.2019

A unique Roman stylus, with the most elaborate and expressive inscription of its kind is set to go on display for the first time.

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Online Storymap explores the archaeology of Borough Hill

MOLA team
24.07.2019

Take a scroll through our ArcGIS Storymap of Borough Hill to explore its history from the Palaeolithic to the present day.

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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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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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