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The latest edition of the Time Team podcast is available to watch on YouTube or listen to here.

It features an interview with student Louise Bedford who's created an archaeology video game. It allows the player to explore a real dig, the 1938 excavation at Avebury in Wiltshire which is home to the world's largest prehistoric stone circle.

In this exclusive for Patreon supporters, join podcast co-host Martyn Williams as he plays the game through from start to finish. You might learn something about this amazing site along the way!

Play the game yourself by clicking here.

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JUDITH COOKE

Excellent project, very informative.

Mary Barber

Great project. Shame that Dennis refuses to move for me!

Stephanie Hogan

Love all the work that went into this! I especially like that it's the old 16-bit format, takes me back to my early gamer days.

Juliet B

Coincidentally I was in Avebury just yesterday, it’s one of my favourite places

Carl Johnson

Very cool that you played through. I'm going to give it a play through myself later, so I'll watch your full video after.

Rebecca Clark

This is great. Look forward to having a go at this.

Halo Pendragon

I made it all the way through! It was very fun! All the artifacts and photos were great although I would have liked a slightly longer look at it all. That's my only complaint. And it would be nice to be able to look at what I have collected if I can't see it on the map longer. Everything was very charming! The music was nice and the sound effects were useful.

Halo Pendragon

Mary, there is a trick to it. When you get to the end of talking to the people, you have to press on the space bar to dismiss the conversation. Only once you do that the first time you can then move using the WASD keys. I found this was true when talking to both people. I had to press the space bar to get rid of the text blocks. Then you can go back and talk to them after you have found everything!

Emma R

I was indeed literally screaming at the screen when you passed that quill, TWICE!

Carrie Hartley

Ha Ha -the last video game I played was space invaders - so it didn't take me long to get used to it! A bit of fun with loads of interesting information about Avebury-one of the most enigmatic prehistoric features standing within a working village and landscape.

Andy Quick

The game was very well done. Much can be learned about Avebury from it. Maybe this is possible already, but if it isn't, I would suggest a way to pause the photos and documents that pop up briefly so that they can be read carefully. Just a suggestion.

Patricia Amero

Thanks, Martyn... my screen is now covered in poke marks.😂 A neat game, I'll give it a go myself & try to beat your time.👍😁 Cheers Louise, great job.