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Galleries: Aftermath: remembering the Great War in Wales
10 November 2011[image: War memorial]
The decision taken in 1915 to ban the repatriation of bodies from the battlefield had far reaching consequences in the commemoration process. Here we present a selection of the many hundreds of local war memorials built across Wales following the Great War
Audio: Podcast #5: The archaeology of St Davids (Welsh language only)
11 April 2008[image: St Davids Cathedral]
St Davids Cathedral, south west Wales
A Lunchtime Talk on the archaeology of St Davids by Canon Wyn Evans, Dean of St Davids Cathedral (Welsh language only)
Audio: Podcast #4: An introduction to the exhibition Origins: in search of early Wales (English)
12 February 2008[image: Tal-y-Llyn Plaque]
What was life like for people living in Wales from the start of the Stone Age to the end of the Middle Ages? What was different, what changed, and why? The new exhibition Origins, at National Museum Cardiff, offers new views on life in early Wales and a deeper understanding of our human origins.
This enhanced podcast is a recording of the lunchtime talk ‘An introduction to Origins: in search of Early Wales’ by Mark Redknap, the lead curator of the exhibition.
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Articles: The megalithic tombs of Stone Age Wales
14 May 2007[image: Pentre Ifan (Pembrokeshire)]
Wales is home to one of the best collections of megalithic tombs in the UK. As well as being visually dramatic, these provide an important source of information about life and death 5,500 years ago.
Articles: The oldest people in Wales - Neanderthal teeth from Pontnewydd Cave
14 May 2007[image: Reconstruction painting showing an Early Neanderthal.]
Excavations by Amgueddfa Cymru at Pontnewydd Cave, Denbighshire have discovered the oldest human remains known from Wales dating back some 230,000 years.
Articles: The Stone Age tombs of south-east Wales
14 May 2007[image: Tinkinswood (Vale of Glamorgan).]
6,000 years ago small farming communities began to build tombs that continued to be used for hundreds of years — many survive to this day.
Articles: Britain's only surviving Roman Will
10 May 2007
Galleries
Galleries: Aftermath: remembering the Great War in Wales
10 November 2011[image: War memorial]
The decision taken in 1915 to ban the repatriation of bodies from the battlefield had far reaching consequences in the commemoration process. Here we present a selection of the many hundreds of local war memorials built across Wales following the Great War