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Win Scutt: This Week in the World of Archaeology [audio 15min]

Archaeologist Win Scutt discusses a treasure dredged up from the seabed, which tells the story of early humans living in what was once land off England's Suffolk coast 100,000 years ago; discovery of a Bronze Age tomb, 3000 years old, on a Greek island; archaeologists' discovery of a site under the 4th century BC city of Pella, capital of Alexander's Macedonia, and 1000 years older still; new finds still being made in Rome; and the uncovering of well-preserved remains of the medieval castle in Bridgwater, Somerset. Scutt's "This Week in the World of Archaeology" news feature is part of BBC Radio 5 Live's popular "Up All Night" programme. In 2006 his Radio 5 Live reports scooped a prize at the British Archaeological Awards, the most prestigious awards in British Archaeology, where the judges were impressed by the wide-ranging nature of the archaeology Scutt presents.
Read entire article at BBC Radio 5 Live "Up All Night" Tue 03:35