Digging Up the Past

This is a collection of articles on various archaeological subjects, which may or may not have appeared in our magazines in the past.

• A Righteous Detectorist 25 Jul 2010
  Dave Crisp finds treasure - and then buries it again.
• Gladiatrix 04 Jul 2010
  The female gladiator of Credenhill.
• The Hambleden Brothel 27 Jun 2010
  Archaeologists find, not call girls, but dead babies.
• Lion Bites solve a Puzzle 07 Jun 2010
  A lion's tooth radically alters our interpretation of a mass burial in York.
• Flooding the Colosseum 31 May 2010
  Nero's vanity and Vespasian's desire for popularity led to the creation of Rome's most popular tourist attraction.
• The Dead Woman of Fin Cop Hill 23 May 2010
  A grisly find ensures a second season of excavations at an ancient hill fort.
• The Gleaming Mountain 19 May 2010
  The largest Neolithic monument in Europe looked very different 4,000 years ago.