Excavation

Award-winning poet Andrew McMillan’s first novel takes place in a world immediately recognisable from his three collections of poetry – Physical, Playtime and Pandemonium. It is set in his native Barnsley, a town still living in the shadow of the destruction of its mining industry and the after-effects of Thatcherism.Pity’s protagonist, Simon, is a sometime drag artist and online sex worker whose key relationships are strained: his love interest, Ryan, hoping to become a policeman, has mixed feelings about the…

The bottom of a ceramic Ding with foodcrust attached to its inner wall. Credit: UCAS A lipid and proteomic study of ancient carbonized material (foodcrust) on pottery from the Taihu Lake region of eastern China has revealed the presence of rice, seafood consumption, various pottery functions, as well as the southward spread and planting of millet during the 4th millennium BCE. …

The Deputy Chief of Mission of the U.S. Embassy in Malta, Angela Cervetti, visited the archaeological excavation site to meet USF students and USF IDEx staff members to learn more about the dig and their role in the international research project. Credit: Davide Tanasi A team of researchers and six students from the University of South Florida have discovered a centuries-old house in exceptional condition during an excavation…

While Fortnite chapter 4, season 2 may be winding down in preparation for a new season, Week 12 quests are still here to help you earn a bit more XP for any remaining cosmetics you may want from the battle pass. One of this week’s quests requires you to visit three excavation camps on the battle royale map — and while it may sound like a lot of traveling, this trio of camps can actually be accessed from one another fairly quickly. Here’s the best way to find and visit the three excavation camps. Where to find…

A local village for local people Anybody fancying a little bit of a slow burn scare this weekend would do to take a look at Cloak & Dagger Games’ latest release, The Excavation of Hob’s Barrow, now available on PC via Steam and GOG.com. Seeped in folk horror vibes and sporting an aesthetic reminiscent of the golden age of the Commodore Amiga, The Excavation of Hob’s Barrow is the tale of author and antiquarian Thomasina Bateman, who is traveling the length and breadth of the countryside to explore the many barrows of…

This peculiar, tonally uncertain, quirky-solemn-sentimental movie is based on the true story of Philippa Langley, likably played here by Sally Hawkins, the amateur British history enthusiast who in 2012 became globally famous for discovering the remains of Richard III beneath a Leicester car park.By her own account, Langley was a member of the Richard III Society, which campaigns to rescue the Plantagenet king’s reputation from Shakespeare’s Tudor-era slanders. With passionate dedication, indefatigable research and some…

These cats are quite possibly the antithesis of Stray The countryside holds many secrets. And some of those are probably best left undiscovered. At least, that’s what it seems like in The Excavation of Hob’s Barrow, an upcoming horror adventure from Cloak and Dagger Games. Cloak and Dagger are no stranger to horror or adventure, having explored the genres a fair bit in previous games. For The Excavation of Hob’s Barrow, though, the studio is teaming up with Wadjet Eye Games as its publisher. Wadjet Eye was founded by…

Reginald F. Davis, from left, pastor of First Baptist Church, Connie Matthews Harshaw, a member of First Baptist, and Jack Gary, Colonial Williamsburg's director of archaeology, stand at the brick-and-mortar foundation of one the oldest Black churches in the U.S. on Oct. 6, 2021, in Williamsburg, Va. Archaeologists in Virginia began excavating three suspected graves at the site on Monday, July 18, 2022, commencing a months-long effort to learn who was…