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The Roman massacre that never happened according to a new study of an iconic archaeological site

Two of the skeletons excavated by Mortimer Wheeler in the 1930s, dating from the 1st century AD. Both these individuals exhibit bladed weapon injuries, whilst one has a spear head lodged in his spine, ...
Yahoo

A 13-year-old girl helped unearth an ancient Roman town. She's finally getting credit for it over 90 years later.

In the 1930s, teen Helen Carlton-Smith and other female archaeologists excavated a Roman settlement. Tessa Wheeler helped lead the dig and taught the team valuable archaeological skills. An exhibit at ...
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The Grandeur that was Rome Season 1: Episode Guide & Ratings

First transmitted in 1960, Sir Mortimer Wheeler embarks on an epic journey from Britain to Africa to examine the legacy of one of history’s greatest civilisations - the Roman Empire. First transmitted ...
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Adventurer in archaeology : the biography of Sir Mortimer Wheeler / by Jacquetta Hawkes

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The Conversation

Extensive Mesolithic discovery in Bedfordshire shows the importance of pits for understanding early Britain

The authors do not work for, consult, own shares in or receive funding from any company or organization that would benefit from this article, and have disclosed no relevant affiliations beyond their ...
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South Asian archaeology : papers from the First International Conference of South Asian Archaeologists held in the University of Cambridge / edited by Norman Hammond ; foreword ...

Problems and perspectives in South Asian archaeology / F.R. Allchin -- Excavations at an Acheulean site at Chirki-on-Pravara, India / G.K. Corvinus -- The environmental background to early man in the ...