Sant’ Omobono bound
MOLA team
31.05.2013
On 3 June 2013 MOLA Project Officer Alison Telfer starts work excavating in the hugely significant S. Omobono archaeological park in Rome.
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Volunteers uncover treasures as they work on archive material
MOLA team
29.04.2013In 1992 one of the largest urban digs in the capital revealed the site of the ancient Roman amphitheatre lying underneath the yard of the medieval Guildhall in the City of London. Thanks to a team of eager and tenacious volunteers, the vast quantity of archaeological material is currently being made ready for final deposition into the LAARC. -
Pompeii of the north
MOLA team
09.04.2013Our archaeologists excavated Bloomberg London, home to the Temple of Mithras. We discovered the largest collection of Roman finds from a single London site. -
Burial ground discovered in central London
MOLA team
18.03.2013During excavation for Crossrail, MOLA archaeologists have uncovered fourteen skeletons lying in carefully laid out rows on the edge of Charterhouse Square in Farringdon. The remains are believed to date to the late 1340s, thus leading experts believe that they may be Black Death victims. -
MOLA meets Crossrail's Lead Archaeologist Jay Carver
MOLA team
05.03.2013This week MOLA met with Crossrail’s Lead Archaeologist, Jay Carver, who oversees all archaeological work on Crossrail sites, of which there are more than forty locations requiring some form of archaeological work.