YOUNG historians are being offered the chance to dig deeper into the past this weekend with the help of some TV archaeologists.
Julian Richards, of Meet the Ancestors, and Tony Pollard and Neil Oliver, from Two Men in a Trench, will be taking part in an archaeological conference in York's Tempest Anderson Hall.
The event, on Saturday, has been organised jointly by the Young Archaeologists' Club and the Society for Historical Archaeology and youngsters from across the country will be taking part.
They will learn about facial reconstruction, Zulu warfare, mining disasters and why the Mary Rose sank, with talks by Rosemary Preece and Christopher Dobbs from the National Coal Mining Museum and Mary Rose Museum.
There will be a series of hands-on activities to complement the talks.
Young Archaeologists' Club co-ordinator Alison Bodley said: "This is a unique opportunity for archaeologically-minded children to meet their archaeological heroes."
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