The British Navy’s HMS Pandora struck the Great Barrier Reef around 1791 and sank, taking 35 men with it.
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New-found artefacts reveal fascinating details of how these Highlanders really lived, challenging the tired old narratives of backwardness and isolation.
Shipwrecks and their cargo can be sites of conflict – but also opportunity.
This Egyptian noblewoman was sweetly scented upon her death, researchers have discovered. And they’ve teamed up with a perfumer to recreate her scent.
Protecting the continent’s historical artefacts requires political will from governments – and a reawakening of cultural conscience among Africans.
The COVID-19 pandemic has closed museums and cultural sites worldwide. Meanwhile, curators are already working hard to preserve the current moment so that future generations may understand it.
Stories like the kind stored in this place, known as Telperion Shelter, provide history to a landscape and people.
A new study reveals that the demise of the ancient city of Angkor was related to the fragmentation of critical infrastructure during a period of climatic instability.
The Home Office threw away landing documents that are now vital to people trying to prove their right to stay in the UK.
Mongolia’s important historical sites are under threat from climate change and looting - and one exacerbates the other.
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Associate Professor, University of Sydney
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Endeavor Fellow, Flinders University; Director, NOMAD Science, Flinders University
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Associate Professor in Archaeology, Flinders University
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Marine Heritage Analyst and PhD Candidate, Flinders University
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Associate Professor in Archaeology and Heritage, Adelaide University
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Senior Lecturer, University of Ibadan
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Honorary Professor, Archaeology, The University of Queensland
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Senior Lecturer, University of Mpumalanga
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Professor of History and Medical Humanities, University of Exeter
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Maritime-Underwater Archaeologist and PhD Candidate on Archaeology (Humanities), Flinders University
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Senior Lecturer, Sydney Southeast Asia Centre, University of Sydney
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Doctoral Researcher, Department of Archaeology, Max Planck Institute of Geoanthropology
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Professor of Landscape Archaeology, University of Glasgow
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Affiliate Researcher/Clyde Valley Archaeological Research Framework Engagement Officer, University of Glasgow
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PhD researcher in Digital Archaeology, University of Glasgow