**This year we are celebrating 20 years of inspiring events, which have been encouraging people all around the UK to take an active interest in archaeology and the historic environment around them.
Aimed at identifying the most impressive, innovative and imaginative archaeological endeavours of the past two years, the British Archaeological Awards are a showcase for the best in British archaeology. The awards ceremony will form the opening event of the Festival of British Archaeology, and will be held on 19 July 2010 at the British Museum.
Are you fascinated by archaeology, but don’t know where to start?
Would you like to take your involvement beyond visiting sites?
Is the Festival of British Archaeology an awfully long way away and you want something to do in the meantime?
The Festival of British Archaeology is the perfect place for everyone to discover more about archaeology and our heritage.
The Festival of British Archaeology 2009 closed at the weekend, following an amazing fortnight of events, activities and excavations that once again gave thousands of people the opportunity to discover more about the past and how they can get more involved with it.
Culture Minister Barbara Follett visited York’s Hungate, DIG and Jorvik Viking Centre on Tuesday 21 July in order to launch the Festival of British Archaeology.
The Minister for Culture, Creative Industries and Tourism was on a visit to York in order to launch the 2009 Festival of British Archaeology, which runs from the 18 July to 2 August.
A hoard of Roman coins discovered at Alton Barnes in 2005 is going on permanent display at Wiltshire Heritage Museum on Saturday 25 July to mark the Festival of British Archaeology 2009.
On Saturday 18th July, the church of St Mary the Virgin, Lakenheath, Suffolk, became alive with activity as the first of its Wall Painting Open Days took place.
The CBA, together with Oval Books is offering visitors to the Festival of British Archaeology website the chance to win a copy of the Bluffer’s Guide to archaeology.
On the first day of this year’s Festival of British Archaeology, BBC Radio 4 will be airing a special programme exploring Europe’s lost world – Doggerland – a land lost beneath the waves of the North Sea, which is the focus of a fascinating book recently published by the CBA.
Mike Pitts, editor of the CBA’s British Archaeology magazine, will be occupying the Fourth Plinth in London’s Trafalgar Square on 29 July, during the Festival of British Archaeology.
Join the Young Archaeologists’ Club (YAC) as they celebrate the Festival fo British Archaeology at the Festival of History this year! Come and visit us in the YAC marquee where you can find out about all things Egyptian.
The Festival runs from Saturday 18th July to Sunday 2nd August, and promises to be the biggest ever with at least 630 excavations, walks, talks, behind-the-scenes tours and activity days.
Families and history-lovers can discover just what the Normans did for us on a walk to the remains of Pilsbury Castle in the heart of the Peak District National Park.
The walk, entitled ‘1066 and all that,’ is on Tuesday July 28, 10am–4pm – part of the nationwide Festival of British Archaeology (July 18-Aug 2).
Step back in time to the days when hunter-gatherers roamed the land! Later this month Cheddar Caves & Gorge celebrates this year’s Festival of British Archaeology with demonstrations of Stone Age survival skills, authentic prehistoric face painting, and talks about our cannibal ancestors and early life in the Gorge.
The Festival of British Archaeology will be contributing to this year’s celebrations commemorating 500 years since Henry VIII came to the English throne, with a number of events themed around the reign of the Tudor monarch, who famously had six wives.
The Festival just keeps on growing! Now only 3 weeks away, the Festival fortnight has 615 events being planned, all of which are now fully searchable via the search interface.
In the run up to the Festival of British Archaeology, members of the public will be able to travel back in time through a series of events organised by the Northern Ireland Environment Agency (NIEA).
The CBA has unveiled a brand new website for the Festival of British Archaeology. It has been designed to make available information about this annual celebration of archaeology in a clear, attractive and easily accessible format for all users, whether they are members of the public, event organisers or media professionals.
The Festival of British Archaeology is the perfect place for everyone to discover more about archaeology and our heritage.