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O. G. S. Crawford (28 October 1886 – 28 November 1957) was a British
archaeologist who specialised in the study of
prehistoric Britain and the archaeology of Sudan. After overseeing the
excavation of Abu Geili in Sudan, he served during the
First World War in the
London Scottish Regiment and the
Royal Flying Corps, performing ground and aerial reconnaissance along the
Western Front. After the war, he obtained aerial photographs produced by the
Royal Air Force and identified the extent of the
Stonehenge Avenue, excavating it in 1923. With the archaeologist
Alexander Keiller he conducted an aerial survey of many counties in southern England and raised the finances to secure land around
Stonehenge for
The National Trust. In 1927 he established the scholarly journal
Antiquity, which drew contributions from many of Britain's most prominent archaeologists, and in 1939 he served as president of
The Prehistoric Society. His contributions to British archaeology, including in Antiquity and the field of
aerial archaeology, have been widely acclaimed, and his photographic archive has remained useful to archaeologists into the 21st century. (
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From today's featured article
O. G. S. Crawford (28 October 1886 – 28 November 1957) was a British
archaeologist who specialised in the study of
prehistoric Britain and the archaeology of Sudan. After overseeing the
excavation of Abu Geili in Sudan, he served during the
First World War in the
London Scottish Regiment and the
Royal Flying Corps, performing ground and aerial reconnaissance along the
Western Front. After the war, he obtained aerial photographs produced by the
Royal Air Force and identified the extent of the
Stonehenge Avenue, excavating it in 1923. With the archaeologist
Alexander Keiller he conducted an aerial survey of many counties in southern England and raised the finances to secure land around
Stonehenge for
The National Trust. In 1927 he established the scholarly journal
Antiquity, which drew contributions from many of Britain's most prominent archaeologists, and in 1939 he served as president of
The Prehistoric Society. His contributions to British archaeology, including in Antiquity and the field of
aerial archaeology, have been widely acclaimed, and his photographic archive has remained useful to archaeologists into the 21st century. (
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Cygnus CRS Orb-3 was an attempted flight of Cygnus, an automated cargo spacecraft developed by United States-based company Orbital Sciences, on 28 October 2014. This flight, which would have been its fourth to the International Space Station and the fifth of an Antares launch vehicle, resulted in the Antares rocket exploding seconds after liftoff. Photograph: NASA/Joel Kowsky
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