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What is the coolest thing you have found? Adelynn (12)
Dear Adelynn, I have to say, one of my favourite sites ever was located in the south of France: it was a necropolis dated to the Merovingian period […]
My team are trying to make an artefact cleaning machine that sprays water or scrubs to clean the artefacts. Do you have any tips on this? Ethan (11)
Dear Ethan, I think it might be very difficult to come up with a machine that could clean archaeological artefacts. First of all, it would have to be […]
We are working on a sketch to prevent illegal digging and artefact theft. For our sketch, we had drones, underground sensors, mobile moving cameras, and radar. What would you recommend? Jaydah (6th grade)
Dear Jaydah, Although it is a lovely idea and, unfortunately, illegal digging of artefact does happen (and especially what we call “night hawking”, when metal detectorists go onto […]
How does limited funding impact the archaeology community? What can kids do to help with that problem and what are some programs that already help or deal with that problem? Sarah (10)
Dear Sarah, I work in commercial archaeology, which is development led and so the funding comes from the developers (the people building the housing estates, or roads, or […]
What is archaeology, and what are some facts about Anubis, the ancient Egyptian deity of funerals, etc? Jaidyn (12)
Dear Jaidyn, Archaeology is the study of past civilisations, although it is not just about ancient cultures: you also have industrial archaeology for example, which is much more […]
I have been researching about how to preserve artifacts from humidity… Zaynab (12)
I have been researching about how to preserve artifacts from humidity and wanted to identify natural materials that can be used to stabilize the relative humidty and protect […]