Raksha Dave

It’s Publication Day! 📕 📚 🎉 After almost 2 years my debut book baby has arrived. The English version of Lessons From our Ancestors is available today from all retailers worldwide. 🌎 US release 2024 but available through Amazon UK

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‘Demolition Derby’ strikes again, as the 1930s Egyptian Art Deco style Crompton House has been flattened in the past few weeks, despite a backlash from Councillors and a public petition. The demolition came as part of the City Council’s multi-million pound Our City Our River (OCOR) infrastructure scheme, aiming to boost Derby’s response to heavy floods and severe weather. However critics argued the locally listed building, or even just the handsome clocktower, could have been retained in situ while still allowing the planned new riverside park and flood defences scheme to proceed. Designed in 1938 by Naylor Sale and Widdows for James Harwood, a local printer and stationer, the handsome Portland stone building had most recently been in use as a Nat West bank branch. Derbyshire’s Historic Environment Record highlighted its pilasters with palmette capitals, the clock face in aquamarine mosaic, a fluted frieze and square cornice with key motif, doorcases with wave-motif decoration, and soffit and window reveals decorated with Tudor roses. All now gone. Just another day in demolition-obsessed Britain? If recent statistics are anything to go by, at least another 49,999 buildings are likely to be demolished in 2026 alone...

Arkeolog @Raksha_Digs imzasını taşıyan ve “Tarihi sadece beyazların yazdığına dair görüşü çürüten değerli bir çalışma” diye takdim edilen eserle 9-11 yaş hedeflenmiş. Antik dünyadan ve #Afrika medeniyetlerinden de örnekler güzel görsellerle sunulmuş. #africa @odtuyayincilik

Tonight is our last show in the series. In this episode we show a different side to #Archaeology as we join a mission to recover 2nd Lt Lester Lowry’s remains. Watch today 9pm, More 4 or catch-up on 4OD @Channel4 @More4Tweets 👇🏽#History #WWIII #Hiddenwonders

@CotswoldArch @sizewellc Oooh exciting stuff especially as I excavated both iterations of Leiston!

🧱 𝗪𝗲'𝗿𝗲 𝗻𝗼𝘁 𝗯𝗥𝗶𝗰𝗸𝗿𝗼𝗹𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘆𝗼𝘂 – 𝘁𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝗮𝗿𝗰𝗵𝗮𝗲𝗼𝗹𝗼𝗴𝘆'𝘀 𝗴𝗼𝘁 𝘀𝗼𝗹𝗶𝗱 𝗳𝗼𝘂𝗻𝗱𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝘀... We've uncovered the remains of two medieval brick-firing kilns – 'clamps'  on one of our @SizewellC excavation sites, and they seem directly related to the adjacent and majestic Leiston Abbey. These kilns may have been built to produce bricks for the Abbey's repairs, after a fire around AD 1380 – Finds Archaeologist, Kirsty, visited the abbey for a closer inspection, and our bricks do appear to match those in its walls 👀 Further analysis will help us build the full story, but the clues are already stacking up nicely...  Find out more in our latest article: oxfordcotswoldarchaeology.org.uk/news/brick-cla… #FiredUpForArchaeology #OCAArchTeam #Archaeology #Medieval

@PeterMelkowski Thanks for the invite - I’ve spent a lot of time at Flag Fen (excavating and directing excavation) and am already in touch with the research team re: proposed dig

@Raksha_Digs Hi Raksha, do you want to see our miraculously preserved 3000yr old Must Farm log boats at Flag Fen Cambs? We have a new dig planned that needs discussing

Tonight on #Hiddenwonders we visit the Magna Fort excavations with @VindolandaTrust 9pm on More 4 or stream @Channel4 on 4OD #Archaeology #Romanempire #Roman @salamandamedia @More4Tweets

𝗢𝗻𝗲 𝘄𝗲𝗲𝗸 𝘂𝗻𝘁𝗶𝗹 𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗲𝗽𝗶𝘀𝗼𝗱𝗲 𝗼𝗳 𝙎𝙖𝙣𝙙𝙞 𝙏𝙤𝙠𝙨𝙫𝙞𝙜'𝙨 𝙃𝙞𝙙𝙙𝙚𝙣 𝙒𝙤𝙣𝙙𝙚𝙧𝙨 𝗴𝗼𝗲𝘀 𝗹𝗶𝘃𝗲... Sandi joined us on site during our international effort to recover 2nd Lt Lester Lowry – a young #WWII fighter pilot whose plane crashed in Essex in 1944. The episode follows our archaeologists, veterans, and volunteers, working together to bring Lester home after 80 years. Prepare yourselves for a moving, thoughtful watch from the team at @salamandamedia. We’re incredibly proud to share it with you... 🎥𝘚𝘢𝘯𝘥𝘪 𝘛𝘰𝘬𝘴𝘷𝘪𝘨'𝘴 𝘏𝘪𝘥𝘥𝘦𝘯 𝘞𝘰𝘯𝘥𝘦𝘳𝘴 📺 More4 🗓️ Tuesday 25th November, 9pm @dodpaa @Raksha_Digs #ResearchRecoverIdentify #Archaeology

Roman Magna | Sandi Toksvig’s Hidden Wonders, Episode 3, November 18th, 9pm on More4 A sneak preview: Sandi and Raksha at the end of a day’s excavating at Magna with a classic barrow seat moment. #MagnaFort #Northumberland #hadrianswall

What else are trowels and wheelbarrows for? #Archaeology Hidden Wonders on @More4Tweets Tues 9pm or stream @Channel4 4OD

Really looking forward to meeting you all!

@Pissgums @Durotrigesdig @Channel4 Thank you!

@Raksha_Digs @Durotrigesdig @Channel4 I've just watched Ep 2, and I'm loving this series! You and Sandi are a wonderful pair, and the projects so far have been amazing. Thanks for it!

* warning contains images of human remains Tonight on #Hiddenwonders we join @Durotrigesdig to find out the remarkable stories of the powerful women in Iron Age Dorset Find out more….. More 4, 9pm download @Channel4 4OD #Archaeology #History #newshow #Documentary

Discover the Hidden Wonders of Cookham Abbey with Sandi Toksvig and Raksha Dave 👇this evening on More4, link👇 #Archaeology #Cookham #thamespath #TuesdayFeeling channel4.com/programmes/san… @UniofReading

@garygreaves2 @Durotrigesdig @Channel4 Thank you ☺️

@Raksha_Digs @Durotrigesdig @Channel4 Just watched the programme, thoroughly enjoyable and informing. Always a joy to watch your shows @Raksha_Digs 😊👍

@by_witter @Channel4 @Durotrigesdig @bournemouthuni @UniofReading @VindolandaTrust @CotswoldArch @opnightheritage @richardhosgood Details on top 👆🏽Tuesday 4th 9pm

@Raksha_Digs @Channel4 @Durotrigesdig @bournemouthuni @UniofReading @VindolandaTrust @CotswoldArch @opnightheritage @richardhosgood This is why I have a TV. On More4, can you tell us when please? 🙏

New #Archaeology Show Alert 🚨 Hidden Wonders starts next week Sandi Toksvig & me! Tuesday 4th Nov 9pm on More 4 And available to download on @Channel4 4OD #History #Hiddenwonders

@fakehistoryhunt @Channel4 @Durotrigesdig @bournemouthuni @UniofReading @VindolandaTrust @CotswoldArch @opnightheritage @richardhosgood Yes YOU WOULD!!! ☺️

@Raksha_Digs @Channel4 @Durotrigesdig @bournemouthuni @UniofReading @VindolandaTrust @CotswoldArch @opnightheritage @richardhosgood That looks like I'd enjoy it :)

@fasc1nate Yet again you have used our picture and information without mentioning us - a credit would have been kind

That’s a wrap folks!… coming soon to @Channel4 #Hiddenwonders #Archaeology #History