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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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Conserving fragile Iron Age cauldrons from Glenfield Park

MOLA team
23.11.2017

11 Iron Age cauldrons uncovered in Leicestershire will be worked on by our conservators. CT scans have already revealed glimpses of what they will find.

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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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Our Built Heritage Youth Engagement Programme launches in Haringey

Paul McGarrity
11.08.2017

We recently launched our Built Heritage Youth Engagement Programme which aims to reach out to disadvantaged young people in three London boroughs and help them to engage with archaeology and heritage. Find out how we got on...

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Bringing the past and the present together - 10 things you might not know about Archaeology

Janet Miller
28.07.2017

To celebrate Day of Archaeology 2017, which asks: what do archaeologists really do? Our Chief Executive Officer, Janet Miller, shares 10 things you might not know...

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