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Translating the Inscription on a Medieval Catholic Seal Matrix

Sharing Artifacts and Stories in Isle of Wight County: Archaeological Workshop Highlights Regional History

An Introduction to the DHR Threatened Sites Program

Sudden and Horrifying: The Vauxhall Chain Bridge Disaster

Artifact Spotlight: A Different Type of Cauldron

Reconsidering the Colonial Era at Virginia’s Eastern Shore: The Archaeology of Eyreville

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The medieval European seal matrix recovered from a local property in Smithfield, Virginia.

11/13/2023

Translating the Inscription on a Medieval Catholic Seal Matrix

DHR and DEQ staff hosted an archaeological workshop at the Isle of Wight Museum in Smithfield in August 2023.

10/16/2023

Sharing Artifacts and Stories in Isle of Wight County: Archaeological Workshop Highlights Regional History

Ceramics recovered from the oyster shell surface deposit in the Poropotank River.

10/16/2023

An Introduction to the DHR Threatened Sites Program

Mayo Bridge in Richmond, Virginia

10/06/2023

Sudden and Horrifying: The Vauxhall Chain Bridge Disaster

The artifact fragment that was delivered to the DHR conservation lab for treatment

10/06/2023

Artifact Spotlight: A Different Type of Cauldron

Eyreville in Virginia's Eastern Shore

10/05/2023

Reconsidering the Colonial Era at Virginia’s Eastern Shore: The Archaeology of Eyreville

Press Releases

Virginia Receives More Than $176,000 in Save America’s Treasures Grant Funds from National Park Service and Partner Agencies

State Historical Marker to Be Dedicated for Black Political Activism in Charles City County

6 New State Historical Highway Markers Approved

DHR Administers Easement Over Land Linked to Five Civil War Battles

State Adds 5 Historic Sites to the Virginia Landmarks Register

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