Raksha Dave
@rakshadigs.bsky.social
🏺Hon.Prof, Archaeologist, Broadcaster, Award winning Author #Booksky 📕.
BAFTA and Equity member 🎥
President Council for British Archaeology
Research Affiliate @Pitt_Rivers
Agent: http://www.miradormanagement.co.uk
Insta: @raksha_digs
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BAFTA and Equity member 🎥
President Council for British Archaeology
Research Affiliate @Pitt_Rivers
Agent: http://www.miradormanagement.co.uk
Insta: @raksha_digs
All views my own!
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Explore history's true crime tales with historian rebeccarideal.bsky.social and archaeologist Professor rakshadigs.bsky.social. Buried Evidence uncovers centuries-old mysteries using archaeology and modern forensics to separate fact from folklore.
September 19, 2026 at 12:45 PM
Explore history's true crime tales with historian rebeccarideal.bsky.social and archaeologist Professor rakshadigs.bsky.social. Buried Evidence uncovers centuries-old mysteries using archaeology and modern forensics to separate fact from folklore.
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New episode of BURIED EVIDENCE is out now!
The brilliant Duncan Barrett chats to @rakshadigs.bsky.social and myself about the story of the Titanic - what we remember, what we forget, the painfully sad story of the funeral ships, and whether the disaster was preventable. Listen here pod.fo/e/5fb07c
The brilliant Duncan Barrett chats to @rakshadigs.bsky.social and myself about the story of the Titanic - what we remember, what we forget, the painfully sad story of the funeral ships, and whether the disaster was preventable. Listen here pod.fo/e/5fb07c
September 11, 2026 at 3:00 PM
New episode of BURIED EVIDENCE is out now!
The brilliant Duncan Barrett chats to @rakshadigs.bsky.social and myself about the story of the Titanic - what we remember, what we forget, the painfully sad story of the funeral ships, and whether the disaster was preventable. Listen here pod.fo/e/5fb07c
The brilliant Duncan Barrett chats to @rakshadigs.bsky.social and myself about the story of the Titanic - what we remember, what we forget, the painfully sad story of the funeral ships, and whether the disaster was preventable. Listen here pod.fo/e/5fb07c
Here’s a little trailer for our new archaeology 🏺and history true crime show mash up. It’s also a visual podcast & eps are also available on YouTube here youtu.be/DKPBUzRHZFQ?...
September 7, 2026 at 7:14 AM
Here’s a little trailer for our new archaeology 🏺and history true crime show mash up. It’s also a visual podcast & eps are also available on YouTube here youtu.be/DKPBUzRHZFQ?...
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Today’s LAUNCH DAY!! Do give our new series a listen. The first episodes explore the St Brice’s Day Massacre and Gille de Rais. You can listen, follow or subscribe here podfollow.com/buriedevidence @rakshadigs.bsky.social
September 4, 2026 at 8:31 AM
Today’s LAUNCH DAY!! Do give our new series a listen. The first episodes explore the St Brice’s Day Massacre and Gille de Rais. You can listen, follow or subscribe here podfollow.com/buriedevidence @rakshadigs.bsky.social
More BIG NEWS!
These past few days have been a bit 🤯 But but thanks to @gabemoshenska.bsky.social @mattpope.bsky.social and @archaeocobb.bsky.social for being such supportive humans!
These past few days have been a bit 🤯 But but thanks to @gabemoshenska.bsky.social @mattpope.bsky.social and @archaeocobb.bsky.social for being such supportive humans!
Introducing Raksha Dave (@rakshadigs.bsky.social), archaeologist, broadcaster, award-winning author, and now Honorary Professor of Practice at the UCL Institute of Archaeology!
September 3, 2026 at 5:26 PM
More BIG NEWS!
These past few days have been a bit 🤯 But but thanks to @gabemoshenska.bsky.social @mattpope.bsky.social and @archaeocobb.bsky.social for being such supportive humans!
These past few days have been a bit 🤯 But but thanks to @gabemoshenska.bsky.social @mattpope.bsky.social and @archaeocobb.bsky.social for being such supportive humans!
Very proud of our little team! Buried Evidence launches tomorrow details below!
So chuffed with this review of Buried Evidence in The Independent today! @rakshadigs.bsky.social 🎉 www.independent.co.uk/life-style/b...
5 new podcasts to listen to this week
These are our top podcast picks.
www.independent.co.uk
September 3, 2026 at 11:59 AM
Very proud of our little team! Buried Evidence launches tomorrow details below!
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So chuffed with this review of Buried Evidence in The Independent today! @rakshadigs.bsky.social 🎉 www.independent.co.uk/life-style/b...
5 new podcasts to listen to this week
These are our top podcast picks.
www.independent.co.uk
September 3, 2026 at 10:37 AM
So chuffed with this review of Buried Evidence in The Independent today! @rakshadigs.bsky.social 🎉 www.independent.co.uk/life-style/b...
We have a little #podcast news for you all especially for the #archaeology #history and #truecrime lovers out there! 🗡️💀🩸
#Buriedevidence drops this Friday! 👇🏽
#Buriedevidence drops this Friday! 👇🏽
🚨 ANNOUNCEMENT 🚨
So excited to announce my brand-new podcast series with the brilliant @rakshadigs.bsky.social – BURIED EVIDENCE.
Each episode we’ll dig into the past and find stories of murder, true crime and mystery. Listen wherever you get your podcasts! shows.acast.com/buried-evide...
So excited to announce my brand-new podcast series with the brilliant @rakshadigs.bsky.social – BURIED EVIDENCE.
Each episode we’ll dig into the past and find stories of murder, true crime and mystery. Listen wherever you get your podcasts! shows.acast.com/buried-evide...
September 1, 2026 at 2:06 PM
We have a little #podcast news for you all especially for the #archaeology #history and #truecrime lovers out there! 🗡️💀🩸
#Buriedevidence drops this Friday! 👇🏽
#Buriedevidence drops this Friday! 👇🏽
I’d like to introduce you to my second children’s book! The Archaeologist’s Discoveries. Available on 8th Oct but available to Pre-Order here geni.us/HAGV6 #books #coverreveal 📚🏺#Archaeology
August 13, 2026 at 10:41 AM
I’d like to introduce you to my second children’s book! The Archaeologist’s Discoveries. Available on 8th Oct but available to Pre-Order here geni.us/HAGV6 #books #coverreveal 📚🏺#Archaeology
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⚠️ Want to see more Durotriges Big Dig Iron Age #archaeology? ⚠️
Of course you do !!
Catch *Sandi Toksvig's Hidden Wonders* with @rakshadigs.bsky.social and us on Channel 4 this Saturday 8 August 7pm 👍
Salamanda Media Bournemouth University
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Of course you do !!
Catch *Sandi Toksvig's Hidden Wonders* with @rakshadigs.bsky.social and us on Channel 4 this Saturday 8 August 7pm 👍
Salamanda Media Bournemouth University
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August 4, 2026 at 5:54 PM
⚠️ Want to see more Durotriges Big Dig Iron Age #archaeology? ⚠️
Of course you do !!
Catch *Sandi Toksvig's Hidden Wonders* with @rakshadigs.bsky.social and us on Channel 4 this Saturday 8 August 7pm 👍
Salamanda Media Bournemouth University
👇👇👇👇
Of course you do !!
Catch *Sandi Toksvig's Hidden Wonders* with @rakshadigs.bsky.social and us on Channel 4 this Saturday 8 August 7pm 👍
Salamanda Media Bournemouth University
👇👇👇👇
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Historians: this is the archaeological equivalent (morally if not legally) of cutting pictures out of medieval manuscripts in a library and selling them on eBay.
*Academic sells history off to the highest bidder*
There, BBC, we sorted that headline for you
If he truly feels *a connection* to the find, as the article claims, would he not have donated it to a museum?
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
There, BBC, we sorted that headline for you
If he truly feels *a connection* to the find, as the article claims, would he not have donated it to a museum?
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Professor finds Iron Age coin hoard near Bury St Edmunds
Tom Licence says he feels a personal connection to the coins, which are to be auctioned.
www.bbc.co.uk
February 15, 2026 at 11:36 AM
Historians: this is the archaeological equivalent (morally if not legally) of cutting pictures out of medieval manuscripts in a library and selling them on eBay.
Hidden Wonders is now available on Apple 🍏 TV, 4OD and Youtube! Happy Christmas viewing! #Archaeology #History #Documentary m.youtube.com/playlist?lis...
Sandi Toksvig’s Hidden Wonders | Channel 4 On Tour
YouTube video by Channel 4 on Tour
m.youtube.com
December 19, 2025 at 12:07 PM
Hidden Wonders is now available on Apple 🍏 TV, 4OD and Youtube! Happy Christmas viewing! #Archaeology #History #Documentary m.youtube.com/playlist?lis...
Tonight on #Hiddenwonders we go to Essex join a mission to recover the remains of 2nd Lt Lester Lowry a project run by @cotswoldarch.bsky.social on behalf of the DPAA
9pm More 4 or catch-up up on @channel4tv.bsky.social 4OD #Archaeology #WWII #History #Aviation #Militaryhistory
9pm More 4 or catch-up up on @channel4tv.bsky.social 4OD #Archaeology #WWII #History #Aviation #Militaryhistory
November 25, 2025 at 6:05 PM
Tonight on #Hiddenwonders we go to Essex join a mission to recover the remains of 2nd Lt Lester Lowry a project run by @cotswoldarch.bsky.social on behalf of the DPAA
9pm More 4 or catch-up up on @channel4tv.bsky.social 4OD #Archaeology #WWII #History #Aviation #Militaryhistory
9pm More 4 or catch-up up on @channel4tv.bsky.social 4OD #Archaeology #WWII #History #Aviation #Militaryhistory
Go do it if you can - Graham is a whizz at creating historical ceramics, I’ve had the pleasure of filming at his workshop and it was an absolute treat!
In Sandi Toksvig's Hidden Wonders, with Raksha Dave @rakshadigs.bsky.social you'd have seen a Venus figure like this from Magna Roman Fort. I'm running a Lamp & Deity workshop at Magna this Saturday where you'll make your own figurines Roman Lamps. Book here www.vindolanda.com/Event/potted...
November 20, 2025 at 5:21 PM
Go do it if you can - Graham is a whizz at creating historical ceramics, I’ve had the pleasure of filming at his workshop and it was an absolute treat!
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In Sandi Toksvig's Hidden Wonders, with Raksha Dave @rakshadigs.bsky.social you'd have seen a Venus figure like this from Magna Roman Fort. I'm running a Lamp & Deity workshop at Magna this Saturday where you'll make your own figurines Roman Lamps. Book here www.vindolanda.com/Event/potted...
November 19, 2025 at 11:28 PM
In Sandi Toksvig's Hidden Wonders, with Raksha Dave @rakshadigs.bsky.social you'd have seen a Venus figure like this from Magna Roman Fort. I'm running a Lamp & Deity workshop at Magna this Saturday where you'll make your own figurines Roman Lamps. Book here www.vindolanda.com/Event/potted...
Tonight on Hidden Wonders we visit the wonderful @vindolandatrust.bsky.social and their excavation at Magna Fort! Big thanks to their brilliant team for their expertise and patience!
Watch tonight 9pm More 4 or stream @channel4tv.bsky.social on 4OD
Watch tonight 9pm More 4 or stream @channel4tv.bsky.social on 4OD
November 18, 2025 at 1:57 PM
Tonight on Hidden Wonders we visit the wonderful @vindolandatrust.bsky.social and their excavation at Magna Fort! Big thanks to their brilliant team for their expertise and patience!
Watch tonight 9pm More 4 or stream @channel4tv.bsky.social on 4OD
Watch tonight 9pm More 4 or stream @channel4tv.bsky.social on 4OD
When you go to Magna Fort @vindolandatrust.bsky.social and reveal all your bad archaeological habits #wheelbarrowseats #trowelbottleopener 😬 #Hiddenwonders @channel4tv.bsky.social
November 16, 2025 at 9:33 AM
When you go to Magna Fort @vindolandatrust.bsky.social and reveal all your bad archaeological habits #wheelbarrowseats #trowelbottleopener 😬 #Hiddenwonders @channel4tv.bsky.social
Looking forward to talking about public archaeology…title TBC when I can get my thoughts together!
We're really looking forward to welcoming @rakshadigs.bsky.social to Sussex to deliver the 2026 Long Man Lecture.
We don't have enough opportunities to meet together to listen to, and celebrate, a single voice from the heritage world, but this is one.
Pls share and join us this March!
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We don't have enough opportunities to meet together to listen to, and celebrate, a single voice from the heritage world, but this is one.
Pls share and join us this March!
🏺
We’re thrilled to announce our 2026 Long Man Lecture speaker: Raksha Dave! 🎉Raksha is an archaeologist, author, broadcaster, and current President of the Council for British Archaeology. Thurs 26th March 2026, ACCA, Brighton. Early Bird tickets now on sale, starting at £10: https://loom.ly/f0zNR6w
November 15, 2025 at 11:34 AM
Looking forward to talking about public archaeology…title TBC when I can get my thoughts together!
When Sandi Toksvig doesn’t get the memo…. #Hiddenwonders #Archaeology
November 12, 2025 at 10:38 AM
When Sandi Toksvig doesn’t get the memo…. #Hiddenwonders #Archaeology
Tonight on #Hiddenwonders we visit the @uniofreading.bsky.social excavation at the site of Cookham Abbey.
More stories of powerful women, early Christianity and a place of healing for the sick. Oh and a lot of bone combs 🪮 9pm tonight More4 #Archaeology 🏺#newshow #cookham
More stories of powerful women, early Christianity and a place of healing for the sick. Oh and a lot of bone combs 🪮 9pm tonight More4 #Archaeology 🏺#newshow #cookham
November 11, 2025 at 11:36 AM
Tonight on #Hiddenwonders we visit the @uniofreading.bsky.social excavation at the site of Cookham Abbey.
More stories of powerful women, early Christianity and a place of healing for the sick. Oh and a lot of bone combs 🪮 9pm tonight More4 #Archaeology 🏺#newshow #cookham
More stories of powerful women, early Christianity and a place of healing for the sick. Oh and a lot of bone combs 🪮 9pm tonight More4 #Archaeology 🏺#newshow #cookham
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Some pictures from when Sandi Toksvig and @rakshadigs.bsky.social came to visit our dig in July #Durotriges25
If you missed episode 1 of *Sandi Toksvig's Hidden Wonders*, you can still catch up at Channel 4 On Demand
www.channel4.com
The rest of the series continues on More4 Tues 9pm
Enjoy 😊
If you missed episode 1 of *Sandi Toksvig's Hidden Wonders*, you can still catch up at Channel 4 On Demand
www.channel4.com
The rest of the series continues on More4 Tues 9pm
Enjoy 😊
November 9, 2025 at 2:03 PM
Some pictures from when Sandi Toksvig and @rakshadigs.bsky.social came to visit our dig in July #Durotriges25
If you missed episode 1 of *Sandi Toksvig's Hidden Wonders*, you can still catch up at Channel 4 On Demand
www.channel4.com
The rest of the series continues on More4 Tues 9pm
Enjoy 😊
If you missed episode 1 of *Sandi Toksvig's Hidden Wonders*, you can still catch up at Channel 4 On Demand
www.channel4.com
The rest of the series continues on More4 Tues 9pm
Enjoy 😊
* Warning may contain images of human remains
Here are some behind the scenes shots of @durotrigesdig.bsky.social @buarchanth.bsky.social dig! Big thanks to everyone for being so patient and accommodating!
Here are some behind the scenes shots of @durotrigesdig.bsky.social @buarchanth.bsky.social dig! Big thanks to everyone for being so patient and accommodating!
November 7, 2025 at 2:49 PM
* Warning may contain images of human remains
Here are some behind the scenes shots of @durotrigesdig.bsky.social @buarchanth.bsky.social dig! Big thanks to everyone for being so patient and accommodating!
Here are some behind the scenes shots of @durotrigesdig.bsky.social @buarchanth.bsky.social dig! Big thanks to everyone for being so patient and accommodating!
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Submerged forest #FlagFenBasin #Fenland
November 6, 2025 at 5:47 PM
Submerged forest #FlagFenBasin #Fenland
November 5, 2025 at 7:25 AM
IYKYK #Hiddenwonders #FLANGE
If like @rakshadigs.bsky.social you like a flanged pot, who ya gonna call potted-history.co.uk/products/rom.... #AncientBluesky 🏺Watch Sandi Toksvig's Hidden Wonders and you'll understand what I mean. @channel4tv.bsky.social
Roman Greyware Flanged Bowl
Details We have based this elegant bowl on an example excavated from the magnificent Hadrian's Wall in the heart of Northumberland. The Romans would have used this style of bowl to serve all manner of...
potted-history.co.uk
November 4, 2025 at 10:05 PM
IYKYK #Hiddenwonders #FLANGE