Tuesday, April 06, 2010

Bronze Age finds at Guernsey airport

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With the planned development of Guernsey's runway surveying around the airport uncovered the remains of a bronze age settlement in 2008....

Archeology: When did the First Settlers Come to Iceland?

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One of the things that makes Iceland unique in Europe is the fact that Icelanders know the year the first settler, Ingólfur Arnarson, came t...
Monday, April 05, 2010

700-year-old cave carvings with links to Knights Templar at risk as worms eat walls

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The mystery of the religious decorations that lie underneath the high street of a medieval market town may never be solved if insect infesta...

Dunmow students investigate Roman relics

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STUDENTS have been digging deep and exploring relics from the past as part of an ongoing school project. Year seven students from The Helena...

Pompeii's frozen victims on display

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24 August, AD79. The day one volcanic mountain came to life and two cities met their deaths. Pompeii and the nearby settlement of Herculaneu...

Ancient Roman gluten death seen Young woman's skeleton shows 'signs of disease'

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An Italian doctor claims to have found the first Italian case of death from gluten intolerance in a female skeleton uncovered at an Ancient ...

Cows are key to 2,500 years of human progress

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Dairy farming is key factor in history of European nutrition, study argues, with Roman empire a net loss The Romans, as Monty Python famousl...
Saturday, April 03, 2010

Ruins of castle in Suffolk are saved

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A major project has been carried out to preserve the ruins of a Suffolk castle. The ruins of Mettingham Castle, outside Bungay, dating back ...

PROOF THE PLAGUES REALLY DID HAPPEN

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FROM water turning into blood to the killing of the first-born, a new study reveals the truth behind the biblical 'Moses myth'. DID ...

Roman finds made during work on access road

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Pieces of the past have been unearthed during the first stages of construction of the East Kent Access Road. Archaeologists have found artef...

Stone Age Scandinavians unable to digest milk

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The hunter-gatherers who inhabited the southern coast of Scandinavia 4,000 years ago were lactose intolerant. This has been shown by a new s...
Wednesday, March 31, 2010

EMAS Easter Study Tour

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Those of you not fortunate enough to be on the EMAS (University of London Extra-Mural Archaeological Society) Easter study tour to the Peaks...

Rosslyn Chapel was haven for bees

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An ancient chapel has revealed a new mystery with the discovery of a 600-year-old hive built into the stones. Builders renovating Rosslyn Ch...

Men owe women for 'creating beer' claims academic

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One of man’s great pleasures might be a pint of beer at the local – but an academic has claimed it would never have existed without the entr...

Sarcophaguses found in Georgia

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Ancient graves were found in the Urbnisi village of the Kareli region during the construction of a highway. About 20 sarcophaguses were disc...

Time Team Old Dock which made Liverpool world port leader to open for public perusal

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A massive quayside gateway which turned Liverpool into the world's leading trading port 300 years ago will reopen as a tourist attractio...

Rosslyn Chapel discovery is causing a buzz

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The ancient Rosslyn Chapel, beloved as the key to mysteries surrounding The Da Vinci Code, the Holy Grail and the Knights Templar, has throw...

Transport body confirms digs plan

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Archaeological digs will take place at sites proposed for the construction of a new bridge across the Forth, it was revealed. Transport Scot...

Ceiling collapse at Nero's golden palace in Rome

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Part of the ceiling over the palace of the Roman emperor Nero has collapsed in Rome, prompting fresh concerns over the stability of the anci...

New Forth crossing to be a bridge to the past

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THE NEW Forth crossing will be a bridge to the past as it emerged an archaeological team is to be appointed to the project. Transport Scotla...