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Last Supper in Pompeii opens this month at the Ashmolean Museum of Art and Archaeology. Featuring over 400 artefacts related to food and wine including furniture, art, and objects that tell the story of retail and consumption in the ancient city. There are lots of exciting events including curator tours, talks and even a festival of archaeology. One not to miss if you're in England between July and January 2020.  © Ashmolean Museum
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Sydney Morning Herald, By Tim Barlass - June 29, 2019 The Metro project running through the Sydney CBD has unearthed several burials as part of the ongoing construction works. Teams of archaeologists have been working on different sites in an effort to understand the graves, people and early history of Sydney. Only one on these new excavations have been able to tell exactly who the individual is thanks to the preserved name plate on the remnants of the coffin, Joseph Thompson. Historian and descendant of Joseph Thomson, Penny Russell, writes a companion piece on what it’s like to be writing your own family history, when the grave of your ancestor becomes the subject of an archaeological investigation. Spooky: I was writing my ancestor's history when they dug up his grave at Central Sydney Morning Herald, By Penny Russell - June 29, 2019
 PHOTO: ABC news © HS2 Limited Earliest plague strain found in Sweden holds clue to stone age migration from east
New research on human remains reveals that a pandemic could explain crash in European population 5,500 years ago and influx of people from Eurasian steppe. Two discoveries of human remains have made headlines this week from London: The guardian reports on these 19th and 15/16th century finds can be found here. Skeletons found in London archaeology dig reveal noxious environs This project is being undertaken by Wessex archaeology Tough as old boots: a Thames skeleton's durable footwear This project is undertaken by MOLA. Find the initial press release here: molaheadland.com/the-medieval-mystery-of-the-booted-man-in-the-mud/  Image: ©MOLA ABC: Matthew Flinders's UK resting place under threat by $101 billion HS2 high-speed rail project9/11/2018 News article by Samantha Hawley published ABC 2 November 2018 Matthew Flinders's UK resting place under threat by $101 billion HS2 high-speed rail project  Photo: Members of the Christie family, which founded the famous auction house, were interred at the St James burial ground. (ABC News: Tim Stevens) SMH: Dig under way for Matthew Flinders in old London cemeteryNews article by Nick Miller published SMH
20 March 2017 Dig under way for Matthew Flinders in old London cemetery News article by Jenny Norris published Sydney Morning Herald
2 November 2018 Footage shows Sydney light rail project worker joking, tossing human bones |
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