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History => Ancient and Medieval History => Topic started by: Imperial Dave on Jul 24, 2026, 09:49 PM

Title: Drought conditions unearthing buried sites
Post by: Imperial Dave on Jul 24, 2026, 09:49 PM
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cn8n99241y3o

There should be loads more to come...
Title: Re: Drought conditions unearthing buried sites
Post by: stevenneate on Jul 25, 2026, 03:09 AM
Constant drought conditions is why all the Roman archaeology in Australia is so visible. I didn't even know grass was green until I lived in Europe.

Hopefully you dig up some of those dry and dusty Welsh sites and find the  Sutton Hoo ver.2?
Title: Re: Drought conditions unearthing buried sites
Post by: Imperial Dave on Jul 25, 2026, 06:53 AM
Dry and dusty are adjectives not normally paired with Wales... ;D
Title: Re: Drought conditions unearthing buried sites
Post by: Nick Harbud on Jul 25, 2026, 08:48 AM
FWIW, In 2012 I attended a job interview with an Arab from one of the region's oil companies.  This took place on the 36th floor of Centre Point in London and, as I entered the meeting room, he was staring out of the window at the torrential rain falling outside.  Bizarrely, a couple of weeks previously Thames Water had declared a state of drought due to low winter rainfall. 

So, in the time-honoured English tradition of starting all conversations by remarking on the weather, I opened the interview with "You appreciate that we are in the middle of a drought?"

He offered me the job.

;D
Title: Re: Drought conditions unearthing buried sites
Post by: Jim Webster on Jul 25, 2026, 07:54 PM
Given the number of droughts we've had since the advent of aerial photography and satellite photography I'm surprised there is much left to discover  :)