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The annual archaeological training excavation has begun in Grosvenor Park, Chester.

The countdown is on to the start of fascinating, free and interactive exhibitions transporting visitors to the Chester of the Middle Ages.

 The past is meeting the present with new virtual reconstructions of a tower and church in the heart of Chester, as they appeared in the Middle Ages.

Historical artefacts will be brought out of museum collections for people to handle and hear more about at two free events in Chester led by University students.

A new website offers a first look at forthcoming exhibitions providing a new viewpoint on Chester’s past.

A University of Chester archaeologist is appearing on screens helping the team from a popular TV show investigate the lost later prehistoric past, buried beneath a community’s lawns and flower beds.

Students from the University of Chester will lead two pop-up exhibitions this December offering the rare chance to take hold of and venture into the past.

A University partnership project could change the way History is studied in schools by giving pupils the chance to get up close to original artefacts in the classroom.

A new short film from the University of Chester sets out the true significance of the city in the time of the Roman Empire, its incredibly rich diversity and how there is still more to discover.

As right-wing radicalism grows in Europe and beyond, an exhibition and wider project supported by a University of Chester Professor and students looks back to the first manifestations of fascism.

The experiences of migrants, refugees and asylum seekers who have crossed borders and made Cheshire their home will be shared at an event hosted by a team of historians and community advocates.

An Open Day this month offers the chance to find out more about an exciting archaeological dig uncovering the remains of the first ever Roman villa to be discovered in North-East Wales.