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BBC History's Archaeological web page
The BBC site has a variety of links to many past and present television programs (some mentioned below) as well as interesting articles and other links. |
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Battlefield Archaeology
Two Men in a Trench. Battlefield sites provide rich seams of frozen history: skeletal remains, weaponry, artefacts and ammunition can bring skirmishes and conflict vividly back to life, and sometimes revise accepted views of history. Military archaeologists Neil Oliver and Tony Pollard describe the array of techniques employed to reveal the past. |
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The Amesbury Archer: The King of Stonehenge?
An excavation in Wiltshire has recently revealed the grave of a Bronze Age archer, buried with a rich array of precious metal goods and a quiver of arrows. Was this the King of Stonehenge? Andrew Fitzpatrick of Wessex Archaeology takes up the story. |
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Sutton Hoo - Your Greatest Treasure
The Top Ten Treasures of the British Museum. Adam Hart-Davis asked the curators at the British Museum to nominate what they considered to be the ten most important treasures in their collection; from these, the Sutton Hoo ship-burial has been voted your top treasure. What lies behind this opulent find? |
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Birth of archaeology
Julian Richards looks back to the early days of archaeology and explores how modern techniques have developed. |
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Channel 4's History web page
Channel 4's page has several links to relevant television programs including history programmes as well as those on archaeology. |
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Channel 4's Timeteam. Geophiz, etc... |
