Monday, November 30, 2009

"Sensational" Archaeological Find

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The Polar ice cap during the last Ice Age might not have been as extensive as previously thought, according to archaeologists looking at the...

Event: Vikings are coming to Peterborough Museum

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VISITORS to Peterborough Museum this weekend will have a chance to see Vikings, warriors and soldiers come to life. The museum is staging a ...

Dig to start at Shakespeare site

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Archaeologists are preparing to excavate the site of Shakespeare's final home to find out more about the history of the building. The Ne...

Swedish archaeologists celebrate ancient find

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People lived in the Torne River Valley on the border with Sweden and Finland some 11,000 years ago, an important new archaeological find has...

Birmingham archaeologists in search of Shakespeare's house

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BIRMINGHAM archaeologists are to take part in their own Time Team dig when they go in search of Shakespeare’s house. The Shakespeare Birthpl...

The V&A's Medieval & Renaissance Galleries, review

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The V&A has filled its new Medieval and Renaissance Galleries with the very best of its collection to show the birth of art as we know i...
Friday, November 27, 2009

How seat fit for a king has cast new light on Scotland's dark ages

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THE first Pictish throne to be built for a millennium has been unveiled by researchers investigating the lives of Scotland's most myster...

'No tax cash' for treasure hoard

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Birmingham council taxpayers will not have to pay to acquire a haul of 7th Century Anglo-Saxon treasure, according to plans by the city'...

The tulip entered Europe through al-Andalus in the 11th century

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A new study carried out at the University of Cordoba and the School of Arabic Studies provides information on the arrival of the flower to E...

Pictish throne built as part of new research project

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A throne built to a design used by the ancient Picts has gone on display at the National Museum of Scotland in Edinburgh. The seat was creat...

Cavemen Roasted Birds, Too

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Early modern humans and their predecessors in Europe were mostly big game hunters, but a pile of well-nibbled bird bones suggests that at le...

Greece: Archaeologists to Restore Ancient Theatre of Dionysos

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The ruined theatre under the Acropolis in Athens, considered as the birthplace of classical theatre, will be partially restored over the nex...
Thursday, November 26, 2009

History in the making: British Museum objects to tell tale of humankind

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The British Museum and the BBC today announced what they called an unprecedented partnership for a project that cannot be said to lack ambit...

1,500-year-old girl is reconstructed

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She was probably 16 years old and had a wide, flat Asian face, a long neck and a slim figure. The girl died 1,500 years ago. But now she’s r...

Anglo-Saxon gold is worth £3.285m

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A haul of Anglo-Saxon treasure recently unearthed in Staffordshire has been valued at £3.285m. The money will be split between metal detect...

Staffordshire Hoard valued at £3.3 million as it goes on show at The British Museum

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The Staffordshire Hoard, the largest collection of Anglo-Saxon treasure ever found, has been valued at £3.3 million by the Treasure Valuatio...

Staffordshire Anglo-Saxon treasure hoard valued at £3.3m

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The largest and arguably most beautiful hoard of Anglo-Saxon gold ever found in Britain has been valued at nearly £3.3m by a panel of expert...
Wednesday, November 25, 2009

Underground Rome: Jewish Catacombs Under Villa Torlonia

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Some say the Jewish catacombs under the Villa Torlonia just outside the historic center of Rome are the oldest in the Eternal City. We recen...

Paris rediscovers its first medieval fortifications

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An excavation on the rue de Rivoli is currently uncovering the first Medieval city fortifications of Paris. This excavation by an Institut n...

Archaeologist Set to Recreate Palace of Greatest Bulgarian Tsar

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Leading Bulgarian archaeologist Nikolay Ovcharov has presented a project for recreating the palace of the greatest Bulgarian medieval Tsar. ...