Revisit the King's Dig
Day 1
Adventures in Archaeology
Welcome to our resources page all about archaeology! Use these talks and activities as you wish!
Kicking off with some news from the collections, travel from Egypt to Aberdeen to learn about early investigations of the Great Pyramid and how a long-lost artefact was recently rediscovered in the collections. Dr Abeer Eladany has the full story:
Games & Activity Sheets
Archaeology Week online talks
Co-hosted with the Society of Antiquaries of Scotland.
Revisit the King's Dig
Take a look back at the dig that took place in 2017 as part of the University's MayFest.
A Heritage Lottery Fund award enabled Dr Gordon Noble and his team to embark on the dig at the heart of historic King's College. The hope was to uncover evidence of a 16th Century grammar school for students wanting to enter King's College, thought to have stood on a site close to the front of King's College Chapel. Visitors to the festival were invited to get involved in excavation work alongside the professionals.
Watch what happened over the 7 days of the dig.
(Look out for a special guest appearance by Tony Robinson on Day 5!)