Festivals
As the National Trust prepares to take part in the annual Festival of Archaeology, sites around the country are finding exciting new ways to evoke the past with reenactments, displays, and bygone ways of life. The festival, which runs from July 19 to August 3, features over 60 Trust properties
Festivals
The 59th edition of the Carthage International Festival (FIC) will take place from July 19 to August 21, 2025, at the Roman Amphitheatre of Carthage in Tunis. The festival will feature 21 performances across various artistic genres, including nine Tunisian shows. The lineup includes a diverse range of artists from
Festivals
Archaeologists have made a groundbreaking discovery in Scotland, uncovering a 7000-year-old Neolithic festival site near a secondary school. The site, discovered during the construction of new football pitches, has revealed the remains of an early Neolithic settlement that was a focal point for Scotland's first farming communities. The
Parks
Researchers at Chang'an University in China have developed a new framework for sustainable management of archaeological site parks, emphasizing the importance of public experiences and alignment with international conventions on sustainable development. The study, published in the journal Land, adopts a multi-case study approach to analyze management practices
Parks
Archaeology students from the University of Chester, in collaboration with local professional archaeologists, are conducting an excavation at Grosvenor Park to uncover the city's Roman history and a medieval and 16th-century building destroyed in the English Civil War. The annual excavation, running from May 20 to 23, aims
Parks
Government officials and heritage authorities have reached a draft agreement on land use terms for the Angkor Archaeological Park, aiming to balance cultural preservation with community development. The agreement, led by Deputy Prime Minister Say Samal and Culture Minister Phoeurng Sackona, involves representatives from the Ministry of Land Management, the
Archaeology
Researchers at the University of the Witwatersrand in Johannesburg, South Africa, have developed a new open-access software program called Stature, designed to automate the estimation of living stature in forensic and archaeological cases. The program incorporates 22 equations from 13 publications, using both anatomical and mathematical methods to estimate stature.
