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Hello, my name is Odile Rouard. I've always been interested in archaeology and the understanding of ancient cultures, since I started reading Greek mythology as a child.

I have been working as a professional archaeologist for many years and am looking forward to answering any questions you have about archaeology.

I graduated from York University and have worked on excavations in France, in Ireland and in England of course; I even helped train students in field archaeology on a Silk Road citadel in Kazakhstan!

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Facial reconstruction Facial reconstruction
Facial reconstruction is the process of rebuilding a person’s face, usually in clay or plasticine, over their skull. It is often used in archaeology to depict the faces of our ancestors. You may have even seen examples in your local museum or on television. But how do…

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Write with Roman ink Write with Roman ink
Before computers and tablets all writing had to be done by hand, in fact writing has been around for about 6,000 years! Early writing used pictures to represent objects called 'pictograms'. The two earliest types of pictograms were 'cuneiform', used by the…

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In the past, there were no big dental companies making toothpastes and other products. Dentists made their own mouthwashes and dentifrices (toothpowders). Some of these had very strange ingredients; lots of dentists recommended urine (wee!) as a mouthwash, and the Ancient…

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