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As seen in: The Independent (UK), New Scientist, Flipboard, Science Magazine, The Art Newspaper, Apollo The Internacional Art Magazine, History Today, Timeless Travels
Author. New book: Cryptic: From Voynich to the Angel Diaries | Archaeology journalist @TheArtNewspaper + more | CertHe Archaeology Assessor @OxfordConted

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Hundreds of ancient coins and inscribed pottery fragments discovered at Byzantine site in Egypt

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By Garry Shaw
| The Art Newspaper Verified
Egyptian archaeologists working at Dakhleh Oasis, 565km south-west of Cairo, have excavated a mud-brick settlement, revealing hundreds of inscribed pot sherds, bronze and gold coins, and religious and domestic buildings. These findings will help experts to reconstruct daily life at the oasis during Egypt’s Byzantine era, which lasted from roughly AD284 to AD641, and highlight the desert region’s rich cultural heritage.
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Migrants were a continuous feature of medieval Britain, archaeological study shows

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By Garry Shaw
| The Art Newspaper Verified
In the sixth century, a monk named Gildas described the arrival of the Saxons in Britain as a mass movement of German and Scandinavian mercenaries, who descended on the island as a punishment. His words, and writings by later authors, influenced our understanding of this era for over 1,000 years, giving rise to the theory of an Anglo-Saxon invasion.
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Recent discoveries reveal how natural disasters shaped past civilisations: can it help us plan for the future?

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By Garry Shaw
| The Art Newspaper Verified
One thousand years ago, the population of Pikillaqta in southern Peru abandoned their homes and left the city to ruin. This had been the greatest city of the Wari, a culture that dominated the region before the rise of the Inca. It had taken over 5,000 people more than 12 years to build this carefully planned city, and for nearly four centuries it had stood as a place of ceremony and administration—a symbol of Wari power. Then, it was nothing.
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