This technical history (France's pre-industrial period and nascent metallurgy) and human history were revealed by the archaeological digs begun in 1977 by Marie-Christine Bailly-Maître and her teams of scientists and volunteers. The discoveries made during these excavations (mining techni...
“That’s not… What I mean is… What aboutmydrawers? What if, centuries from now, someone digs me up and sells off my pieces? What if I’m all that’s left of modified humans, and someone sticks me in their personal vault, and the world never knows.” “Most people stay in the...
The Center for American Archaeology in Kampsville, Illinois, offers everything from single-day opportunities to workshops for adults to digs open to kids, adults, and families with children as young as 7. Costs vary from low to high. Crow Canyon Archaeological Center in southwestern Colorado offer...
When I travel there for digs, it’s common to see teenage boys watching toddlers in the street or rocking babies to sleep — something I’d be shocked to see in the United States. It’s a different kind of child-rearing, and it feels incredibly healthy to me. I’m not at all ...
My work has also brought many rewards for our family life. When our children were young, I was often able to take them on digs and give them memorable experiences that they still talk about today. When they were older, they helped me at times with photography, cartography, and illustration...
El Buxu Cave was discovered by chance in December 1916 by Cesáreo Cardin, an habitual collaborator in the archaeological digs of Hugo Obermaier and Conde de la Vega del Sella. The entrance is formed by an outer vestibule six metres wide and five metres deep, facing south-west. The original...
•Roman tools and other artefacts from the era including a stamp for metal ingots and pottery are among objects found in London’s ‘lost’ Walbrook Valley which have gone on display at the Museum of London.Working the Walbrookfeatures objects excavated during the past 170 years of digs aro...
The real reason for coming here is to hop in the elevator and head underground. We can look through a glass floor that sits on top of the remains of Fort Ville-Marie, which were unearthed during archaeological digs overseen by the museum from 2002 to 2015. The route through the...