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Archaeology and Public Benefit Project Update 8: Reflections on a new Social Value Toolkit for heritage projects

Dr Sadie Watson
12.06.2021

Dr Sadie Watson reflects on Liz Robson's new Social Value Toolkit for Heritage, and how it might inform her research project on Archaeology and Public Benefit.

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Unique burial thought to be rare direct evidence of slavery in Roman Britain

MOLA team
03.06.2021

We have been researching the skeleton of an adult male found buried in a ditch, secured at the ankles with a locked set of iron fetters. This is the first discovery of a burial wearing this form of restraint from Roman Britain, raising questions about who this person was and why they were shackled.

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What archaeology and cultural diversity mean to me

Claudia Tommasino
02.06.2021

In this blog, MOLA Archaeological Supervisor and Field Training Officer Claudia Tommasino reflects on what archaeology and cultural diversity mean to her.

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Bloomberg writing tablets displayed for the first time in ‘Nero: the man behind the myth’ at The British Museum

MOLA team
26.05.2021

Three Roman writing tablets are set to go on display in the upcoming British Museum exhibition ‘Nero: the man behind the myth’, two of which have never before been shown to the public.

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Evidence from the Edge: Local volunteers needed for Shoreditch Park history project

MOLA team
20.05.2021

Evidence from the Edge is a new MOLA project to explore the archaeology and history of housing and wealth inequality in Hoxton, London.

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