World Archaeology Festival: Passport to the Past

Who is the mischievous Marley Mole?

 

Hi, I am Marley Mole! I am your helper in detecting information about

the mysterious field of archaeology at the World Archaeology Festival

2015! 

 

I have heard some people say my appearance is not that attractive

and I am always blamed for wrecking lawns by digging my tunnels (ooops,

sorry I didn't mean to do that)! Although I may make a bit of a mess, my

powerful forelimbs and large paws are perfectly adapted for digging…

and sometimes do favours for archaeologists too!

 

I usually discover underground archaeological sites first but I don't mind

sharing the credit with these disruptive, two-legged guys. Sometimes I

even play quiz games with the small two-legged ones who don’t shout

at me when I dig up a few flower beds! The bigger people can map the

location of the sites buried underground by examining the objects I

handily dig up and leave in my mole hills.

 

Aha, teaming up with archaeologists is marvellous! As my archaeological

partner I would also like to leave you some clues to investigate the "past".

You can look for me around the institute dressed as a field archaeologist,

a time detective, a Victorian coal miner, an artist, an ancient Greek, a

World War II soldier and a Griot (someone in traditional Mali dress).  

Come to the World Archaeology Festival to be a time detective with me!

We’ll explore the unusual and exciting world of archaeology and sort

out how archaeologists know what they know about the past!

 

Marley x