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News World's first mass-produced comic strip to go on show at The Hunterian in 2016A major exhibition opening at the Hunterian Art Gallery in March 2016 will reveal the world’s oldest comic, The Glasgow Looking Glass of 1825, and journey from Georgian satire to Scooby Doo and Batman.04 December 2106
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News Henry VIII's lost palace of Nonsuch - V&A acquires a painting that shows us what it looked likeA watercolour by the celebrated Flemish painter Joris Hoefnagel depicting Henry VIII's fabled lost palace of Nonsuch has been 'saved for the nation' by the V&A.09 December 2016
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News Robert Burns admits to being worse for wear in poetic response to party inviteA recently rediscovered and authenticated Burns manuscript in which the Bard responds to a party invite and admits to having a hangover is to go on show to the public at Paisley Museum and Art Gallery.29 November 2016
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News Archaeologists find remarkably rare preserved Middle Saxon cemetery with wooden coffinsArchaeologists find remarkably preserved Anglo-Saxon plank-lined graves and tree-trunk coffins dating from the 7th-9th century AD at a site in East Anglia.16 November 2016
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Curator's Choice Curator's Choice: The Scold's Thew - a medieval punishment for women only at Ipswich MuseumAnton Roberts talks about the Scold's Thew - a medieval punishment device designed to punish property-less poor women who "made trouble with their neighbours".15 November 2016
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News Archaeologists uncover the stage and other treasures at Shakepseare's Curtain TheatreArchaeologists have unearthed yet more treasures and the original stage during their dig at the Shakespearean Curtain Theatre in London's Shoreditch.10 November 2016
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News Wold Newton hoard of Roman coins secured by Yorkshire MuseumFollowing a crowd funding campaign, the Yorkshire Museum has secured a stunning hoard of Roman coins found by a metal detectorist near the village of Wold Newton, East Yorkshire, in 2014.09 November 2016
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News X-ray of painting solves mystery surrounding portrait of Catherine DickensStaff at the The Dickens Museum have found themselves swinging from dismay to elation as X-rays have been used to investigate the truth hidden inside a treasured portrait of Catherine Dickens by Daniel Maclise.03 November 2016
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News Radical poster pioneer Paul Peter Piech celebrated at People's History MuseumA major retrospective of the career of artist, humanitarian and radical poster campaigner Paul Peter Piech opens at the People’s History Museum in Manchester.30 September 2016
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Review Bedlam: The Asylum and Beyond dives headlong into mental health at the Wellcome CollectionAre museums the right place for discussions about social issues, and should their exhibitions tackle them? Rachel Teskey takes a look at the Wellcome's new show, which starts with the 13th century Bethlem Royal Hospital.26 September 2016
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Preview Grunts and Grapples: These are the stars who made wrestling great for four decades in BritainIn its World of Sport slot on Saturday teatime, wrestling became an ITV ratings winner between 1955 and 1989. Now a new exhibition in Tunbridge Wells is showing off costumes, posters and a Jeremy Deller video.25 September 2016
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Object of the Week This is the only surviving artificial leg made in Glasgow for a limbless First World War soldierThis is the only known surviving Erskine leg. It’s a right leg made for Erskine House - then known as a hospital for limbless sailors and soldiers - at some point between 1916 and 1918.22 September 2016
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News Three men volunteered to defuse 17 unexploded mines dropped over London near the start of the BlitzThe George Cross medal given to Richard Moore, a mine disposal volunteer who helped seek out 17 unexploded parachutes during five September days in 1940, goes on display today.21 September 2016
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News Roman gold finger ring with intaglio of Roman god Mercury among treasures declared in WalesA Roman gold finger ring, a silver post-medieval seal matrix and a small medieval brooch are three of the newly-declared archaeological treasures in Wales. See them here.19 September 2016
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News "It was a backward time": First ever exhibition of Cumbria's LGBT history opens in CarlisleAs the first ever exhibition of Cumbria's LGBT history opens at Tullie House, one of the revolutionaries, Kizzy Saulys, who moved to Carlisle in 1966, reflects on decades of progress.17 September 2016
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News "It costs £8 for a potato": The London locations where Bridget Jones's Baby was filmedBack in the city for a third outing, the latest Bridget Jones film visits locations it might not have been allowed into back in 2001, say its producers.16 September 2016
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News Archaeologists have dived to the remains of an 18th century Dutch ship wrecked off the Kent coastThe wreck of the Dutch East Indiaman, which sank on the Goodwin Sands off the coast of Kent in January 1740, is being revisited by marine archaeologists from Historic England and the Netherlands.15 September 2016
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News The Victorian Society's Top Ten Endangered buildings of 2016The Victorian Society reveals its top ten endangered buildings of 2016 with everything from a sprawling Catholic seminary to a red brick Gothic orphanage crying out for a rescue plan.14 September 2016
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News Medieval ice skates and a 1,800-year-old dog skull: 17 archaeological treasures from the Museum of LondonIn 1975, the General Post Office on Newgate Street became one of the largest archaeological sites ever dug in London. Now some of its most prized finds have gone on display. Here are 17 of them.13 September 2016
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News The search is on for Britain's lost public sculptures as Historic England protects five more artworksA ventilation shaft and a woman carrying a basket of hens on her head are among five artworks given new listed statuses by Historic England, who are trying to find missing public sculptures.11 September 2016
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News Benny Lynch, Scotland's "greatest ever sporting legend", honoured in Glasgow on anniversary of famous winA one-day exhibition at Glasgow's Central Station, where iconic boxer Benny Lynch was met by thousands of fans following his world championship win 81 years ago, is celebrating his career today.09 September 2016
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News Tooth enamel of Bedlam burial ground bodies finds first DNA of the bacteria behind the Great PlagueFive of the 20 individuals tested in a laboratory in Germany have shown traces of Yersina pestis - the pathogen of the 1665 plague which killed nearly a quarter of London's population.08 September 2016
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News Catherine Dickens' 19th century cookbook offers recipes for 20 and "frequent toasted cheese"Catherine Dickens’ cookbook, written during the mid-19th century, includes an introduction by Charles Dickens, writing as Sir Charles Coldstream.07 September 2016
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Object of the Week People fed children with a cow's horn at The Foundling Hospital during the 18th centuryWhen infants were admitted to the Foundling Hospital, feeding horns - which had become popular devices during the Middle Ages - frequently came in use.07 September 2016
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News Winston Churchill's wooden speech box, cow medal and books: Ten things from his Chartwell homeCurators at Chartwell, Winston Churchill's Kent home, have launched a £7.1 million appeal to buy many of his personal items and open more of the property. Here are ten objects.05 September 2016
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In Pictures Made in Sheffield: From skeletal hands to the world's fastest sled, nine of the best steel city inventionsA new exhibition looks at the creations of the pioneering companies working at the vanguard of manufacturing industries in South Yorkshire. Here are nine of them.03 September 2016
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News Could archaeologists be about to uncover an early Bronze Age settlement on the cliffs of Seven Sisters?Archaeologists are about to get to work on a coastal site they describe as a mystery in their field, with laser scans, environmental scanning and analysis of microscopic snails all planned.02 September 2016
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News "He engaged the whole world": Brian May and the creators of Freddie Mercury's blue plaque on his childhood home in LondonFreddie Mercury’s parents, Jer and Bomi Bulsara, bought a modest inter-war terrace house in Feltham as their family home in autumn 1964. A blue plaque has just been added to it.01 September 2016
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News Laser light show and new concert footage to feature in new V&A Pink Floyd exhibitionA custom-designed laser light show, unseen concert footage and construction pieces from the tours for The Dark Side of the Moon, The Wall and The Division Bell will feature in a major exhibition opening in 2017.31 August 2016
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In Pictures "He was possessed by the comic spirit": See 11 exhibits as the V&A buys the collection of comedy great Tommy CooperVicky Cooper - daughter of Tommy - says the legendary comedian and magician would be "very proud" to see his archive join the National Collection of Theatre and Performance.30 August 2016
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News Deprivation and deportation: What the teeth of the soldiers found in a mass grave in Durham can tell usThe teeth of the soldiers discovered in a mass grave in Durham have already given experts an idea of what their lives were like, says Dr Pam Graves of Durham University.26 August 2016
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News A huge mysterious structure has been discovered under the largest Neolithic rubbish dump in ScotlandA mysterious ten-metre wide structure and a set of huge slabs have been discovered in one of the final trenches dug at a historic site on an Orkney ness.24 August 2016
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News "These are men who fought and died together": Dismembered soldiers found in mass grave to be reburied in DurhamThe separated remains of thousands of soldiers killed at the Battle of Dunbar, one of the shortest and most brutal battles of the 17th century civil war, will be reburied in Durham.24 August 2016
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Object of the Week This test platter was used for group masturbation by an 18th and 19th century gentlemen's clubThe Beggar's Benison was a gentlemen's club fully known as The Most Ancient and Most Puissant Order of the Beggar's Benison and Merryland, Anstruther. They carried out a bizarre act on this platter.24 August 2016
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News Archaeologists might have found a Roman oven at a former fort annexe in ScotlandA Roman socketed bolt-head, ox-goad, hobnails and a possible oven have been discovered by archaeologists at Camelon, a former Roman fort near Falkirk.23 August 2016
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Preview You could step inside Reading gaol, the Victorian prison where Oscar Wilde served a two-year sentenceMinistry of Justice-sanctioned tours will begin next month at Reading Gaol, the Victorian prison where Oscar Wilde spent most of his time as Prisoner C.3.3.23 August 2016
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News A century-old First World War minesweeper lies well preserved at the bottom of the sea off the Dorset coastA minesweeper which remained undiscovered on the seabed off St Alban's Head for 100 years has been granted protected status by the Department for Culture Media and Sport.18 August 2016
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News Britain's dug-up skeletons show signs of syphilis, rickets and the plague. Now they're going on tourSome of the bones from the Museum of London's 20,000-skeleton collection are going on tour alongside other bodies from burial grounds in Scotland. They lived with diseases, wounds and fractures.18 August 2016
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Object of the Week "Horribly reminiscent of a Paul Hollywood challenge": Archivists reveal recipe by Rebecca Dixon, the Mary Berry of the 19th centurySee a 19th century recipe for a Shrowsbury Cake, directions for Baked Sheep's Heads straight from the pages of Adrian Mole and tips for icing from a time when baking was hard work.17 August 2016
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Preview "It's so grand": Theatre masters dreamthinkspeak on life in Blackpool's famous Winter GardensTaking Blackpool’s listed 19th century Winter Gardens as their home, dreamthinkspeak’s new work features a woman who spends 50 years living in the old building.17 August 2016
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News Archaeologists have found an officers' toilet in a replica German trench made in the Hampshire countryside in World War OneThe "Bedlam Trenches" - designed a century ago to replicate the German systems at the Battle of the Somme - have been excavated by Wessex Archaeology during an intense two-week dig.16 August 2016
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News Three of England's oldest shipwrecks can still be seen on sand and mud in DevonA medieval fishing boat and two 18th century merchant ships on sand and mud have been given protected status by English Heritage.15 August 2016
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News Hunter-gatherer bones at unique Scottish site of human remains shows enduring appeal of prehistoric marine dietThe bones of six hunter-gatherers found on a small island in the Inner Hebrides show that people kept up a coastal diet even after the arrival of agriculture in England after 4000 BC.13 August 2016
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Object of the Week Object of the Week: Mary, Queen of Scots' final letter - "I am to be executed like a criminal"On February 8 1587, at 2am on the morning of her execution, Mary, Queen of Scotland, wrote to her former brother-in-law, the French King Henry III.11 August 2016
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In Pictures Take a closer look at a Cold War icon as the Imperial War Museum works to repair its Victor bomberColour pictures from the Cold War as Imperial War Museum Duxford launches a campaign to restore its iconic Handley Page Victor bomber.11 August 2016
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Guest article Thumbpots and roundhouses: Unravelling the mysteries of the Scottish Iron Age with the Whithorn TrustLast year, archaeologists began excavating a set of roundhouses on a boggy island at an Iron Age settlement near the Scottish burgh of Whithorn. Graeme Cavers, of The Whithorn Trust, tells the story.09 August 2016
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News Archaeologists have found a plunge pool which could have been part of a healthy living fad in the late 19th centuryA plunge pool could have been created during a pre-war period when people valued the health benefits of jumping into cold water, say archaeologists helping to transform Delapre Abbey in Northampton.05 August 2016
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Preview Photo-punk: Images from the Birth of Punk and a guitar attacked with an axe by the DamnedThe early years of punk in the UK are the subject of a new exhibition by photographers Kevin Cummins and Ian Dickson, who shadowed the likes of The Sex Pistols, The Damned and The Clash.04 August 2016
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News This female skeleton has been discovered at an ancient burial ground on the site of the Queen's Hillsborough Castle residence in Northern IrelandHundreds of volunteers have helped unearth a female skeleton which could be 1,000 years old and point to a long-gone medieval church at Hillsborough Castle in Northern Ireland.04 August 2016
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C24 Feature A dozen delightful designs: Twelve of the best classic creations at London's Design MuseumFrom the Apple iMac G3 and a 1980s Dyson vacuum cleaner to an early Sony and a Vespa, the Design Museum is inviting its fans to choose from sponsoring 12 classics in a new campaign.03 August 2016
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Object of the Week Object of the Week: An 18th century ivory dildo hidden in a Paris convent for 100 yearsPossibly French in origin and owned by a rich woman during the 18th century, this "exceptional" 18th century ivory dildo, in the form of an erect penis, includes a pump to simulate ejaculation03 August 2016
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News Collection and archive reveals unseen Marilyn Monroe photos and lock of actress's hairHundreds of photos and items from Marilyn Monroe's life have been revealed in the Frieda Hull Marilyn Monroe Photo Archive - including locks of her hair and pictures of her dog.02 August 2016
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Object of the Week Object of the Week: The Jules Rimet trophy lifted by England after their 1966 World Cup triumphThe original World Cup trophy was stolen in Brazil in 1983. An equally precious duplicate is going on display for one day only at the V&A this weekend.28 July 2016
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News "He emanated grace": Bobby Moore's daughter on her father and creating a "beautiful, significant" artwork to celebrate the 1966 World CupBobby Moore's daughter, Roberta, on commissioning a sculpture of the World Cup-winning England captain.26 July 2016
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News 11,000 pints of beer: Museum launches appeal to save thousands of coins from political upheaval of 4th centuryThe Yorkshire Museum needs to raise £44,000 in four months to keep the largest hoard of its kind ever found in the north of England.25 July 2016
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News Mummification, breadmaking and a manifesto for children: Family Friendly Museum Award nominees announcedTwo museums in Wales, three in Sussex and Hampton Court Palace are among the names on the ten-venue shortlist for this year’s Family Friendly Museum Award.25 July 2016
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News Three axes were buried in a field in Wales in an Early Bronze Age ritual gift to the godsBack in the Arreton phase of the Early Bronze Age, around 3,500 years ago, someone buried three axes in a field in Monmouthshire. Now they've been declared treasure.22 July 2016
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News Archaeologists have found medieval graffiti deep-carved into Lincoln CathedralTwo bodies - one of which belonged to a woman - and medieval graffiti has been found as part of a £12.4 million restoration project at the site declared Britain's "most precious piece of architecture" by John Ruskin.21 July 2016
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Object of the Week Object of the Week: A crumpled glimmer of medieval gold discovered in a field in WalesThis gold from Denbighshire has a glittering-yet-crumpled baseplate decoration – a spherical blue glass bead set in a gold collar, with a pattern of S- and Z-scrolls, beaded wire and various motifs.20 July 2016
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News Archaeologists find lost Roman road and prehistoric farming system in the South DownsArchaeologists have spent decades speculating about one of the roads built by the Romans in their huge network of roads across the south of England. Now laser scanning has traced it.18 July 2016
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Preview Festival of Archaeology 2016: Eleven events bringing our archaeology to lifeExplore the Festival of Archaeology with our taster of the hundreds of events organised by museums, heritage organisations, societies, and community archaeologists right across the UK.16 July 2016
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Article Grave Encounters: The UK's best heritage cemeteries and graveyardsCulture24 takes a look at Britain's best and most beautiful cemeteries and graveyards. From Iona Island in Scotland to Arnos Vale in Bristol and, of course, Highgate Cemetery in London, these are Britain's best graveyards to see before you die.15 July 2016
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In Pictures Jukebox Jewkbox! The art of vinyl at the Jewish Museum LondonThese classic pieces of vinyl explore the experience of the 20th century through shellac and vinyl, celebrating the history of Jewish musicians, composers, music producers and songwriters.14 July 2016
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Guest article “You always find the best stuff on the last day”: Unearthing a medieval tile floor at Westgate OxfordBritish Archaeological Award Best Project winner, Ben Ford of Oxford Archaeology, on finding a medieval mosaic tile floor during the spectacular Westgate Dig in Oxford.14 July 2016
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News Archaeologists have discovered in exquisite detail what people ate and owned at Britain's finest Bronze Age siteArchaeologists say Must Farm is "the complete set" and its contents point to the materialistic "stuffocation" of Bronze Age society.13 July 2016
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Object of the Week Object of the Week: The death warrant of King Charles IKing Charles II was bent on revenge on the 29 signees of the death warrant which led to his father's execution in 1649.13 July 2016
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News "Archaeology is pure pleasure": "Britain's Pompeii" and mesolithic pendant among victors at British Archaeological Awards 2016Cambridgeshire's Must Farm - described as a "lost world" from prehistoric times - has won Best Archaeological Discovery at today's British Archaeological Awards. Here are the other winners.11 July 2016
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News A human jawbone with teeth has been found placed in a massive whalebone vertebra at a prehistoric cairn in OrkneyPrehistoric Scots put a human jawbone inside a whalebone in a "ritual of foundation or abandonment", say archaeologists who found the burials alongside a quern, mortar and pig and cattle remains.08 July 2016
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Guest article British Archaeology Awards 2016: MOLA on winning in 2014Ahead of the British Archaeology Awards, the 2014 awards winners, Museum of London Archaeology, reflect on the effect of winning and their spectacular Temple of Mithras Project.08 July 2016
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News This belt buckle was found in the simple grave of a Roman soldier in LeicesterAn elaborate military belt buckle with a belt plate and strap end has been found with a Roman military man's skeleton in a mudstone grave in Leicester.08 July 2016
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In Pictures From Dolly the Sheep to the finest decorative arts: Star objects from the revamped National Museum of ScotlandThe oldest Railway Locomotive in the world, outrageous 17th century fashions, decorative artworks and the oldest British aircraft in existence. Meet some of the stunning objects on display in the revamped National Museum of Scotland.07 July 2016
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News Terry's Chocolate Apple and Rowntree's in the trenches: York and Australia linked by Chocolate StoryFor World Chocolate Day 2016, take a look at the tins sent to World War One soldiers and the Australian author whose Penguin book is inspired by York's chocolate history.07 July 2016
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Object of the Week Object of the Week: The First World War Mark IV tank used in Steven Spielberg's War HorseThe Tank Museum's Mark IV replica - a cameo star of Steven Spielberg's War Horse, made in 2010 - has travelled to France for the Somme commemorations.06 July 2016
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News This is the 17th century pistol of the Baron who escaped the Civil War by dressing as a woman but was caught after asking for a shaveGeorge Booth, the 1st Baron Delamer, had quite a life, including a spell imprisoned in the Tower of London and an ambassadorial role with Charles II. His pistol is a beauty.06 July 2016
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Competition Win all three books shortlisted for the British Archaeological Awards 2016Studies of St Kilda and Stonehenge and the history of the Welsh slate industry: We have all three shortlisted books from the British Archaeological Awards to give away in our archaeology books competition.06 July 2016
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News British Archaeological Awards 2016: Winners to be announced on July 11The winners of the British Archaeological Awards will be revealed at the British Museum on July 11. See the shortlisted projects here.05 July 2016
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News Scientists say skeletons show anatomists preferred using babies' bodies and skulls to teach people in the 19th centuryThe bodies of stillborn foetuses and babies were valuable for research into human development and preserved as important teaching aids, say scientists looking at skulls at the University of Cambridge.05 July 2016
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In Pictures We're here because we're here: Jeremy Deller's Somme tribute in picturesImages from Jeremy Deller's 14-18NOW Somme Centenary tribute, 'were here because we're here', which saw ghostly soldiers appear at locations across the UK.04 July 2016
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C24 Feature Battle of the Somme Centenary: Poignant exhibits and stories from UK museums and galleriesExplore the objects and stories marking 100 years since the Somme - from metal limbs and diaries to poetry and Christmas cards written on trench biscuits.01 July 2016
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Guest article Hundreds of women saw the horrors of the Battle of the Somme. Here's what they faced on the first dayA new book, Sisters of the Somme, revisits the experiences of the women who served with the Order of St John Ambulance Brigade Hospital between 1915 and 1919. Read an extract here.01 July 2016
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Preview Arms, eyes and masks: Ten chilling exhibits from the Science Museum's World War One Wounded exhibitionAs the new exhibition exploring the experiences and treatment of combatants and carers in World War One opens, take a look at ten key exhibits.29 June 2016
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Object of the Week Object of the Week: A 5,000-year-old figurine which curators thought was lost forever in OrkneyThis Neolithic human figurine was found at Skara Brae, in Orkney, in the 1860s. But it was only recently rediscovered during a search of the collections at the 17th century Skaill House.29 June 2016
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Curator's Choice How William Wordsworth's glasses show the poet's lifelong struggle with eye problemsWilliam Wordsworth was at times left partially sighted and sensitive to bright lights. Read more in this piece from the Wordsworth Museum, where his 19th century glasses are on display.24 June 2016
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In Pictures Scotland's set of 6,000-year-old axeheads from the Italian Alps have gone on public displayCreated by Neolithic farming groups in the Italian Alps, National Museums Scotland's jade axeheads are rarely seen in public. Now they've gone on display alongside a work by inspired carver Tim Pomeroy.24 June 2016
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News Archaeologists have found skeletons from an unknown Roman cemetery next to two Roman roads in LincolnTwo buried infants and the partial skeleton of a man came from a previously unknown cemetery near two of Britain’s most important Roman roads, say archaeologists22 June 2016
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News Incomparable Romano-British settlement in Devon shows early Britons enjoyed Mediterranean dietSome of the first south-west evidence of the Romans outside of Exeter has been discovered by archaeologists in a Rural Devon village. They seem to have liked a Mediterranean menu.22 June 2016
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In Pictures The Great British seaside museum collections come together for Seaside Heritage projectAs a new seaside heritage project is launched by Scarborough Museums Trust, we sample some of the great seaside collections in museums across the UK.22 June 2016
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News This 17th century fire engine would have weighed half a tonne and squirted six pints of waterA major exhibition marking the 350th anniversary of the Great Fire of London opens this week – and one of the star exhibits will be a 17th century fire engine rebuilt to a millimetre-perfect version of its original look.21 June 2016
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News This huge hoard of hack silver is still revealing details of life in Roman Scotland - almost 200 years after it was first found in AberdeenshireFound in a heavily-ploughed Aberdeenshire field where stone circles were once "ruthlessly removed", the Gaulcross hoard is one of the largest Roman hoards ever discovered in Scotland.20 June 2016
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News Story of one of the largest Saxon cemeteries ever found in Wessex revealed 42 years after its discoveryFirst discovered after a local woman spotted human bones in 1974, one of the largest Saxon cemeteries ever found in Wessex contains cremations, inhumations and warrior burials, say archaeologists.19 June 2016
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News Getting ready for action: Veteran recalls D-Day as piece from huge ocean pipe is revealed in HampshireA piece of the Pipe Line Under the Ocean, a 770-mile connection which supplied the army with 172 million gallons of fuel during World War Two, will be shown to the public in Lepe.15 June 2016
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Object of the Week Object of the Week: A Bronze Age man's pot found in a deep burial pit in WorcestershireArchaeologists believe this unexpected discovery was buried with a prominent man from a Bronze Age community as long as 4,500 years ago.15 June 2016
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News Archaeologists are about to discover where Henry I was buried at Reading's huge medieval abbeyThe spot where Henry I was buried is almost certain to be revealed as archaeologists begin to scan his former powerhouse at Reading Abbey this week.13 June 2016
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C24 Feature Archaeologists dive to save the disappearing story of how people first occupied BritainGarry Momber and his team of underwater archaeologists are returning to the Solent this week in search of precious, eroding remains demonstrating the craftsmanship of Britain's earliest people.13 June 2016
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News Plaque problems and pipe clenching: Take a look at the teeth from the 17th century soldier skeletons found in DurhamWhat was life like for the Scottish soldiers found buried in two mass graves at Durham University? Most of them had plaque, according to the latest scans made by the archaeological team.10 June 2016
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News A circular prehistoric monument built by early Welsh farmers for ritual performance has been found in WalesA circular prehistoric monument built by some of the earliest farmers in Wales has been discovered in the Vale of Glamorgan near a series of pits containing pottery and flint.09 June 2016
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News Britons know "little or nothing" about the Battle of the Somme, says National Army MuseumAs we approach its 100th anniversary, new research by the National Army Museum suggests that most Britons know nothing or little about the Battle of the Somme.08 June 2016
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News Digs resumes at buried moat in Leicestershire park where Ice Age hunter-gatherers roamed and Lady Jane Grey was bornA late Upper Palaeolithic flint scatter and a medieval moat are the areas of interest for archaeologists returning to the 850-acre Bradgate Park in Leicestershire.08 June 2016
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Object of the Week Object of the Week: A breastplate from a set of 18th century samurai armourJapan's samurai soldiers may have seemed fearsome through their armour, but they were actually patrons and producers of the arts centuries ago.08 June 2016
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News Archaeologists might have found a winged statuette of the Roman god Victoria in GloucesterAn expert from the University of Oxford says a bronze Roman wing found at a housing development in Gloucester is likely to have been owned by a retired Roman solider.07 June 2016