The Vikings were in the East Midlands right? But you’d like to know more? Well over the summer we heard that a project was launched which aims to do just that. “Bringing Vikings back to the East Midlands” is project funded by the Arts and Humanities Research Council and is examining how the Vikings impacted the area. The project aims to encourage creative engagement with the East Midlands’ Viking heritage through a programme of workshops, public seminars, an East Midlands-the

Excavating Jericho The story is, of course, much longer than just putting an exhibition together. There are a number of strands that come together since the ‘Jericho skull’ was placed in the ground. The development of the science of geology, of archaeological practice, of historical research methods all have a place in the story. However, to make life a little easier we need to go back to the 1950’s and the work of one of the doyens of archaeology – Kathleen Kenyon. Kenyon wa