Over the last three years, the WallCAP community project has carried out illuminating archaeological fieldwork at more than 15 sites on and around Hadrian’s Wall. With the initiative now drawing to a close, Rob Collins and Jane Harrison explore some of its key findings.…
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Throughout history, writers and artists have used their imaginations to tell stories from former times. From The Iliad to A Tale of Two Cities, and from The Last Supper to the Sistine ceiling, the results have inspired countless millions down the centuries, opening a window that can never be shut. For historians and archaeologists, however, the question of how to bring the past to life for future generations is often fraught with complexity – as in this context, storytelling must always be balanced with rigour, and imagination tempered with fidelity to what we know to be true. In recent years,…
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