Posted in General Thoughts on April 25, 2008 | No Comments »
The CBA is proud to present a comprehensive programme of talks from the UK’s leading archaeologists, at Discover Archaeology LIVE which is taking place as part of the National History Show at Olympia, running
between Friday 2nd May and Sunday 4th May. For tickets call 0871 230 or
visit http://www.discoverarchaeologylive.com/.
The CBA Theatre features the following speakers and [...]
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Posted in General Thoughts on April 12, 2008 | No Comments »
We will be running a series of Open Days at the High Pastures site between Thursday 19th and Sunday 22nd June 2008. One of the main activites that will be taking place during the Open Days is to replecate the casting of bronze objects using prehistoric technologies and materials.
Mark Keighley of Archaeolink, near Aberdeen, will [...]
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Posted in General Thoughts on April 7, 2008 | No Comments »
Dear Friends,
We fell in love with Crete - its people and its landscape - 30+ years ago. In that time we have seen many changes, some for the better some for the worse.
As tourism becomes the mainstay of the Cretan economy, developments are inevitable. Many are ugly, a shame but not a catastrophe. Others may [...]
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Posted in General Thoughts on March 21, 2008 | No Comments »
From storytelling to life in Roman Corinium workshops, there is something for all the family at the Corinium Museum, Cirencester over the Easter school holidays.
The Park Street museum will host several family drop-in sessions during the holiday break, including attempts to recreate crafts and characters from both the Victorian and Medieval eras, as well as [...]
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Posted in General Thoughts on March 12, 2008 | No Comments »
Tony Robinson presents Fifteen Years of Time Team
St George’s, Bloomsbury
Tickets £20 - £30
All proceeds to World Monuments Fund Britain
To book please call: 020 77305344
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Posted in General Thoughts on February 20, 2008 | No Comments »
An experienced motivated, bilingual (English/Italian) and organised oral history worker for a new project concerning the experience of first and second generation of Italians in Wales.
Candidates must have a degree in History or equivelent qualifications or experience and good computing skills.
Experience of oral history or community history is essential.
Other requirements are excellent interpersonal and organizational skills, a [...]
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Posted in General Thoughts on January 28, 2008 | No Comments »
Join us on a YAC Holiday in 2008!!
In 2008, we will be running holidays in:
The Yorkshire Dales from Friday 9th May - Sunday 11th May 2008
Spend the weekend living in a medieval castle!
Norfolk from Monday 28th July - Thursday 31st July 2008
Take part in a real archaeological excavation with the experts at the Sedgeford
Anglo-Saxon site!
York [...]
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Posted in General Thoughts on January 17, 2008 | No Comments »
Do you have good ideas at work in teaching and learning in the subject areas of History, Classics or Archaeology. The Higher Education Academy would like to hear from you. For every case study they publish they will give you a grant of £55 or a book token.
There is no limit to the number you can [...]
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Posted in General Thoughts on January 12, 2008 | 1 Comment »
The Past Horizon’s Header at the moment is a photograph we took while visiting Persepolis in Southern Iran. On the Gate of All Nations was this intriguing grafitti. It was done by a certain Willock of the 17th Light Dragoons (who were known as the ’Death or Glory Boys’ ) in 1810.
Finding this photo again made me wonder what it was about, [...]
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Posted in General Thoughts on January 5, 2008 | No Comments »
Welcome to BAJR Blog
Just thought I would give my husband’s Blog a mention (just to keep things fair)
For those of you who don’t know BAJR (British Archaeological Jobs and Resources) Website, it is run by David Connolly and is a great resource for jobs, education etc in the UK.
He now has a blog which takes [...]
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