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Helen Geake and Martyn Williams bring you more from the world of archaeology. In this episode of the podcast Derek Pitman shares some of the results from a geophysical survey of the Mapperton Estate. Could the grainy blobs on the data be a lost Roman building?As Suzannah Lipscomb takes you behind the scenes at Broughton Castle, our chief metal detectorist, Keith Westcott, reveals how he discovered a huge Roman villa nearby.Mark Bayley from The Genealogist demonstrates how you can use maps to research your family tree.There's also Time Team News, where you'll get Helen's thoughts on the following archaeology stories in the news this week.Cave discoveries: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c8ejjw7377joHomer's Iliad: https://www.independent.co.uk/news/science/archaeology/egypt-mummy-homer-iliad-gut-b2961509.htmlRed hair genetics study: https://www.theguardian.com/science/2026/apr/16/red-hair-gene-favoured-natural-selection-study

As a Time Team member you have access to a bonus podcast where osteo-archaeologist Jackie McKinley gives you an in-depth insight into research done into the double burial at Cherington. Cutting edge DNA technology has revealed a boy and girl, buried together, were brother and sister. Jackie explains why the discovery is changing what we know about Anglo-Saxon burials.

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Alan McMillan

Thanks for today's romp around Genology!!

Wessex-Wyvern

Are Derek and Lawrence the Ant and Dec of archaeology? Sorry, that always comes to mind when I see the two together.

Michael Crouch

I love delving into my family history so The Genealogist map explorer is certainly something I will take a look at. Thank you for telling us all about it and thank you for another great episode.

Paul Tomblin

Of course they selected for red hair. Red heads are gorgeous.

Beth Ortolano

A couple of questions...In terms of genealogy, is it possible or within the scope of research to identify modern relatives from the princely burial bones? Also, what can you tell us about how the Iliad was passed down through the centuries...would the papyrus in the mummy have been a newer copy or a preserved artifact? Is there any conjecture as to why that Greek work would have been significant to an Egyptian of that era? Also, was it confirmed that the mummified remains were of an ethically Egyptian individual?

EJF

"What is this blob?" Getting the answer was the whole reason I watched. But there was NOTHING in the program about the blob. Complete fakeout by Unprincipled Liars.