Thursday, June 04, 2009

Witch bottle is uncorked to discover spellbinding content

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Take a small heart-shaped piece of leather, a handful of iron nails, eight brass pins, a lock of hair, some nail clippings, a pinch of navel...

The Viking and Anglo-Saxon Landscape and Economy (VASLE) Project

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In the last fifteen years the role of metal-detected objects in the study of Anglo-Saxon and Anglo-Scandinavian England has greatly increase...
Wednesday, June 03, 2009

TAC SPRING 2009 PLEDGE DRIVE

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Location: Worldwide Length: 3 min. Help us raise $5000 in two weeks! Supporting memberships are the best way for us to ensure continuat...

RescuE of Completed Archaeological Projects

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The ADS and English Heritage are pleased to announce the online release of the first RescuE of Completed Archaeological Projects (RECAP) arc...

Ancient Death-Smile Potion Decoded?

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Thousands of years before the Joker gassed comic book victims into a grinning death, Phoenician colonists on the island of Sardinia (map) we...

Farmer's son unearths medieval ring

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A medieval silver ring dating back more than 800 years has been unearthed on a farm in Northern Ireland. The 12th century artefact was found...
Tuesday, June 02, 2009

6th Annual Teaching & Learning in Archaeology Conference

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There are still places left for the 6th Annual Teaching & Learning in Archaeology Conference, taking place on the 1st and 2nd July at Bi...

Wessex Archaeology opens new office in Maidstone, Kent

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Wessex Archaeology is delighted to announce the opening of a new office in Maidstone, North Kent. We have a long track record of working in ...

Hundreds to take part in Roman dig

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Hundreds of Lincolnshire residents are set to take part in an archaeology dig starting this month. Scores of Lincolnshire folk, including sc...

Archaeological dig uncovers Parham's past

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THE site of a parsonage believed to have been demolished in the early 1700s has been excavated by members of Worthing Archaeological Society...

Major dig to resume soon

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Team will return to Lost Bishop’s Palace AN INTERNATIONAL archaeological team will be hoping for continuing dry weather when a major north-e...
Saturday, May 30, 2009

'Hidden history' uncovered on tour

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Underneath the streets of Belfast lies a hidden history which archaeologists have been exploring for years. However, until now, locals and v...

Warwickshire Museum's archaeology website wins award

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A MUSEUM has won a national award for its website about archaeology. Warwickshire Museum set up the Warwickshire Timetrail website six years...

Medieval limekiln discovered in Ripon

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THE discovery of a large medieval limekiln in Ripon has caused great excitement among local historians and archaeologists. The circular stru...

Excavation at Haslar reveals horror of life in Nelson's navy

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An excavation of a former military hospital graveyard has revealed the harrowing deaths of some sailors from Nelson's navy. The dig is b...

Long Lost Relative

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There's no doubt that the fossil primate named Ida, after paleontologist Jørn Hurum's young daughter, is big news, and page one cove...

Macedonia: Iron Period Layers Revealed by Latest Archaeology Excavations at Kokino

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The latest archaeological research at the ancient observatory of Kokino in north-eastern Macedonia revealed layers from the Iron Period, aro...

Remains of temple of Isis found

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Workmen inside Florence's courthouse have stumbled across a spiral column and hundreds of multicoloured fragments that experts believe m...

Mystery over skeleton find in Littleton

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SHOCKED builders near Winchester unearthed a skeleton thought to be more than 350 years old. They made the discovery during work to build 1...

Vikings visited Canadian Arctic, research suggests

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Artifacts suggest Norse settlement in Nunavut One of Canada's top Arctic archeologists says the remnants of a stone-and-sod wall unearth...