Inside Archaeology

Dashboard tells me that the channel is now officially 10 years old! It's come a long way from using a camcorder propped up on my window ledge and Windows moviemaker to make videos on how to be an archaeologist. So happy, and surreal to see that 80K people are now interested in what I have to say about archaeology. Which of my videos did you first watch? Which one is your favourite? Let me know in the comments!

This is a link to my first ever video in case you want to see how far I've come (or want to become an archaeologist yourself!): https://youtu.be/BlS55-PTThM



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3 days ago | [YT] | 298

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Latest archaeology discoveries and news is out tomorrow at 7:30PM UK time followed by the Indiana Jones stream afterward. Features this month include:
-The first ever digital unwrapping and reading of an entire scroll from Herculaneum





-An untouched Maya city in the jungles of Mexico





-400,000 year old Homo Erectus teeth that are rewriting the story of human evolution





-A lost WWII Japanese “hellship” discovered off the coast of the Philippines





-High school students found a Roman villa under their gym





-Dr. Sean Kingsley speaking about how his team has found the first shipwrecks of the real Pirates of the Caribbean in The Bahamas





- A Stonehenge prototype AND Dr. Anthony Clarke speaking about his new research on how ice could have helped bring the Altar Stone from Scotland to Salisbury Plain





- A chilling 7,000 year old mass grave of headless skeletons thrown in ditches





- AND remarkably preserved freeze-dried potatoes from the Inca Empire
Plus a few Emma cameows. See you in the live chat!

1 week ago (edited) | [YT] | 131

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Way back before Youtube I spent 3 summers digging in the Kingdom of Jordan. Each season would end with a trip down to visit Petra (and yes we did all sing the Indiana Jones song as we came to the Treasury)! My profile and banner photo come from my trip there in 2011. A while back (about 70K subscribers ago) I made a video about Petra, a little site tour so to speak, with lots of archaeological info, debunking folklore, and tips on how to plan your own trip there.
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You can watch it here: https://youtu.be/Yjdq-EkEMaA
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What's your favourite ancient place you've visited? Let me know below.

2 weeks ago | [YT] | 359

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So.....yesterday's video is, relatively speaking, tanking in views at position 9 out of my last 10 uploads, and YT Studio is helpfully saying 'Less of your subscribers are watching this than usual'. Emma is officially offended at my failure to capture your attention and so I am coming to you my viewers for some feedback because clearly all the tools are useless as they told me you'd love this kind of video.
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I've put a poll here to see what kind of videos you guys WOULD like to watch from me going forward to help me make sure I'm spending my time creating content that is going to help me keep building the channel. If you don't see an option you'd like feel free to add as a comment.
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If you were simply too busy watching the World Cup that is an audience crossover I didn't know I had but please let me know and if you can take some time between matches to watch I'd appreciate it.

2 weeks ago | [YT] | 243

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The comments have spoken.......you want more cat content. So today's video is a deep dig into famous cats from the archaeological record. From the multiple Egyptian cat deities to the first named pet cat; cat's that inspired ancient emperors and poets, and finally, literally decorated war hero cats tune in to learn more about the history of our furry overlords. See you in the live chat!
https://youtu.be/uEyiMGXTJdw

3 weeks ago | [YT] | 59

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During the premiere on Sunday the channel reached 75,000 subscribers, which is blowing my mind because just 2 years ago I had just 5000. I have been grinding away at YT since 2017 and for a long time it seemed like the channel was going nowhere; I've come close to giving up on it a few times but now I'm really glad I didn't, even if it effectively means I am working 3 jobs (part-time day job, YT, parent). Being able to make videos on archaeology and have people actually watch and enjoy them means so much to me and just goes to show that if you put good content out there people will (eventually) find it. A big heartfelt thank you to everyone who was subscribed, commented, liked, shared, livechatted, and helped me sort out my audio issues. Here's to hitting 100K by the end of 2026!

1 month ago | [YT] | 762

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Latest archaeology discoveries and news is out tonight at 7:15PM UK time followed by the Indiana Jones stream afterward. Features this month include:
- Neanderthal root canals
- The Great Pyramid was engineered to be earthquake proof
- One of the victims of pompeii was a doctor
- Two, yes 2, major Viking hoards, one of gold bracelets and another of silver coins
- 2 unrelated female hugging skeletons
- A porcelain cargo shipwreck
- Teotihuacan era tombs
- An interivew with the archaeologists who has found the bones of 37 people inside a stone jar in Laos
Oh and the debate about which dirt layer came first at Monte Verde and how that relates to Pre-Clovis settlement of the Americas rages on with 3 new scathing rebuttal letters published by the original excavator and 29 other scholars. See you in the live chat!

1 month ago | [YT] | 57

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​‪@DigItWithRaven‬​ and I are prepping for another exciting collaboration this summer that will tie into the REAL story behind a big budget film coming out in July, any guesses what it will be? In the meantime make sure to check out our first collab together from last year: https://youtu.be/g-dg7v31hlU?si=ptlmN...

1 month ago (edited) | [YT] | 58

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It's that time of year again! China has anounced the top 10 discoveries in the country from 2025 and tonight I am presenting them to you. From obsidian tool networks to tombs, terraces and kilns watch to find out what rewrote Chinese history last year. Premiere is at 7:35 and then we have the Indy stream right after. See you in the chat!

1 month ago | [YT] | 46

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Latest archaeology discoveries and news is out tonight at 7:25PM UK time followed by the Indiana Jones stream afterward. Features this month have a bit of an underwater theme and include:

- Native American dice and games of chance

- New dates for foundation of Mohenjo-Daro, Pakistan
- A shipwreck graveyard in the Bay of Algeciras, Spain
- A submerged Maya settlement in Lake Atitlán, Guatemala
- A copy of the Illiad in a Roman Grave, Egypt
- Lost Pages of the Bible Recovered, Greece
- Danneborg shipwreck located in Denmark

See you in the live chat or afterward!
https://youtu.be/CvnJ8IBAUYQ

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