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Image of experiment involving using chocolate instead of bronze in mould casting

10 June 2020

Lockdown Archaeology- Students conduct cast object experiment from home using chocolate instead of bronze

Masters students have been using chocolate as a replacement for bronze in a practical clay mould casting experiment, which has been carried out in their own homes during lockdown.

6 March 2020

Archaeology at Sheffield ranked 29th in the world

Archaeology at Sheffield is ranked Top 50 in the world at 29th in the 2020 QS World University Rankings

The mass grave near Immingham contains the remains of at least 48 men, women and children

19 February 2020

Black Death 'Plague Pit' discovered at 14th-century monastery hospital

A mass burial of bodies, known to be victims of the Black Death, has been discovered at the site of a 14th-century monastery hospital at Thornton Abbey, Lincolnshire.