Tickets now on sale for our second Buxton Fringe event on the 19th July. Jim Leary will be talking about and reading from his book. eventbrite.co.uk/e/fifty-shades…

The door to the Saxon crypt St Wystan's. #Repton #Derbyshire #AdoorableThursday

#SecretsOfTheNeanderthals is out TODAY on Netflix - feat Shanidar ⛏️ 💀, Bruniquel 🪨🔥 & more!
I'm in Cambridge Archaeology with one of the doc's 🌟s Emma Pomeroy, we'll be doing a live watch-along from c. 5pm BST & taking your Qs on here!

Fabulous ongoing 3D recreation work by Robert L Gapper - Virtual Histories of the Roman siege of Burnswark hillfort in Dumfries & Galloway here the-past.com/feature/a-conf… It closely follows the archaeological evidence and the process is outlined in the article with many more images. Well worth a look 👍🏻

After the book launch sold out last week, those very fine folks Castle Rock Brewery have upgraded the event so that we have a higher room capacity. There are now 34 tickets remaining - these will be the last ones available!

Looking forward to seeing you all 🙂

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If you're planning on watching #SecretsOfTheNeanderthals on Netflix tomorrow, have a read of this - reflections on the tensions between wanting to understand or 'know' #Neanderthals scientifically, and how we imagine them in other ways

All ready for Professor Hannah Cobb's inaugural lecture! 😎

Tickets are now available for my book tour date at the High Peak Bookstore on 9 July. This one has been arranged by Enrichment Through Archaeology as part of Buxton Fringe and will be hosted by a brilliant indie bookshop, cafe and venue 🙂

Bookings are live here:

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This tombstone records some of the remarkable life of William Billinge. He took part in the capture of the fortress of Gibraltar and the Battle of Ramilies. Said to have died within 150 yds of his birthplace 112 years later.
St Bartholomew's #Longnor #Staffordshire #TombTuesday

if we can outlaw the sale of elephant ivory in this country (as the government did in 2022) then we could outlaw the sale of human body parts

Plus tours, films, exhibitions, markets, live music, quizzes, karaoke, bingo, workshops, watersports open day, parkrun...

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#Buxton #HighPeak #PeakDistrict #Derbyshire #SK17 #Buxton 2024 #VisitBuxton #WhatsOnBuxton
#BankHolidayWeekend

We're packed and ready to go for tomorrow's workshop with Years 3 & 4 Asquith Primary School!
#Mansfield #ArchaeologyInSchools

Secrets of the Neanderthals , A Netflix Documentary popgeeks.com/secrets-of-the…

Right everyone. We need you help. These small balls (seeds?) have come out of the environmental sampling undertaken from some First World War training trenches in Sherwood Forest. They float, many are charred but we havent been able to identify them as normal botanicals. Sale 5mm

Historians BBC Breakfast? Honestly, how have you forgotten about Archaeologists? #GrimesGraves

TODAY is Book Chat day!!
Join us at 7pm for a discussion of “Medieval Horizons” by Ian Mortimer . DM us if you would like to join and will post a summary of the questions, answers and debate with the hashtag #HTBC