What a July - there was an award!
Wow, what a month July turned out to be! It's usually a quiet sort of time for us as we run some archaeological tours of the Peak...
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Nancy Detchon
Jan 14, 2016
A tale of two exhibitions. Part 1- The Celts: art & identity
Catherine and I recently had the chance to visit the British Museum to catch two of their featured exhibitions – The Celts: Art &...
Nancy Detchon
Jan 5, 2016
Archaeology on Television: Missing that je ne sais quoi?
The arrival of 2016 has brought more archaeology programmes to our television screens with two new series airing this week. The BBC...
Nancy Detchon
Dec 16, 2015
Another Viking hoard – what can they tell us?
Portable Antiquities Scheme (PAS), which is a Department of Culture Media and Sport (DCMS) funded project that encourages the voluntary...
Nancy Detchon
Nov 27, 2015
Ancient Mesopotamia in Whaley Bridge!
It has been really busy of late, but we thought we’d share with you the fantastic time we had with the children of Class 5 at Taxal &...
Nancy Detchon
Mar 31, 2015
When archaeology is art – Defining Beauty at The British Museum
Just opened at The British Museum (BM) is Defining beauty: the body in ancient Greek art. This is the first major exhibition of sculpture...
Nancy Detchon
Mar 11, 2015
Beer: its been good for you since they brewed it in Ancient Sumer.
KS2 pupils and teachers are just so lucky – they get to study heaps of interesting things in the History curriculum. One of these can be...
Nancy Detchon
Mar 9, 2015
The earliest human?
Hot on the heels of our Palaeolithic pt 2 blog comes what will be the biggest and oldest news of the week. It comes from Ethiopia where...
Nancy Detchon
Feb 13, 2012
Tomb of Ancient Egyptian Singer found!
The tomb of a female Egyptian singer believed to be nearly 3000 years old has been found in the Valley of the Kings. This remarkable...
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