UK news in brief: From Operation Dynamo to Dowth Hall

Survey records 30 wrecks sunk during Operation Dynamo Over the course of two weeks in September and October, DRASSM (the French marine heritage agency), in partnership with Historic England, carried out a survey of 30 shipwrecks sunk during Operation Dynamo, which saw the mass evacuation of 338,000 Allied soldiers from…

UK news in brief: From Euston cemetery to Dryburgh Abbey

Euston cemetery burials reinterred in Surrey At the end of June, more than 14,000 burials that had been excavated from St James’s Gardens in Euston in advance of HS2 (see CA 398) were reburied at Brookwood Cemetery in Surrey. Prayers were led by The Rev. Neil Hopkins, Vicar of Brookwood,…

Colours of ancient Egypt

Painting the zodiac Colourful ceiling paintings including the signs of the zodiac have been revealed at the temple of Esna in Egypt. Executed in relief, the images also depict planets and other constellations, snakes, crocodiles, and hybrid creatures such as a four-winged bird with a crocodile’s head and snake’s tail.…

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