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Great Bowden Garden Dig 2009 Corfe Castle and Kingston Lacy event 2009 Join us for the biggest celebration of archaeology yet – we want you to be involved!

In 2009 over 650 events were held by archaeological and heritage organisations and societies across the UK as part of the newly expanded Festival and it proved to be a great success.

Roman coins go on display at Museum

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.

Wall Painting Open Day hailed as great success

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.

Spectacular Roman Coin Find

The Festival gets underway with an announcement of the oldest Roman coin yet found in Britain.

Win a copy of the ‘Bluffers Guide to Archaeology’!

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.

Win a copy of the ‘Bluffers Guide to Archaeology’!

Fill in the Festival of British Archaeology web survey and have the chance to win a copy of the Bluffers Guide to Archaeology

Bluffer's Guide to Archaeology Oval Books has kindly supplied the CBA with 5 copies of the book to giveaway as part of our Festival of British Archaeology celebrations.

For a chance to get your hands on one of these books, which will give all the information you’ll ever need to get by in the world of archaeology, please let us know your thoughts about the Festival of Britis

Beneath the waves – Europe’s lost world

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.

British Archaeology to Stand on the Fourth Plinth

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.

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