Global success for TV documentary
April 13, 2018
A Nottingham expert in underwater archaeology has been awarded the Gold Medal for best documentary in the History and Society section at the 2018 New York Festivals World’s Best TV and Film awards ceremony, which was held in Las Vegas. The National Geographic documentary Drain the Sunken Pirate City follows Dr Jon Henderson, from the …
The SS Thistlegorm: Bringing the sunken secrets of WWII to the surface
October 6, 2017
A new website will let people explore one of the world’s most famous diving sites on their phones or home computers thanks to a 3D virtual reality project. The new website, which launches on Friday 6 October, will give visitors the chance to explore the wreckage of the SS Thistlegorm, a British merchant steam ship …
Bringing the past to life with ancient crafts
July 18, 2013
The University of Nottingham Museum of Archaeology is getting creative this Saturday (20th July) as it encourages visitors to get stuck into a wide variety of art and craft activities as part of the national Festival of British Archaeology. Visitors will get the chance to contribute to one of four sections of Roman mosaic which …
BBC’s flying archaeologist drops in on University dig
May 7, 2013
University of Nottingham archaeologist Dr Will Bowden featured on BBC 4’s new Flying Archaeologist series last night. He was chatting to Ben Robinson about the Caistor St Edmund dig close to the Norfolk Broads. The site is one of only three major Roman towns in Britain that doesn’t lie beneath a modern settlement. Will and …
Flying archaeologist pays visit to Caistor
April 19, 2013
The BBC’s flying archaeologist, Ben Robinson, dropped in on Dr Will Bowden and his team at Caistor St Edmund in Norfolk for a new TV series which will be broadcast nationally next month. http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b01s1czf For the last four years Will, from the Department of Archaeology at The University of Nottingham, has led a team of …
Your votes needed for archaeological research project of the year
January 3, 2013
The Caistor Roman Project has been nominated for Research Project of the Year in the Current Archaeology Awards 2013. The dig just outside Norwich in Norfolk, has changed our understanding of Caistor – the Roman town of Venta Icenorum. Led by Dr Will Bowden in the Department of Archaeology at The University of Nottingham, the dig …