Archaeology in Europe News

Local residents and history enthusiasts will now have the opportunity to explore Newport’s medieval past and see how the medieval castle and...

WORK on the £11.6 million revamp of Canterbury's prestigious Beaney Institute has ground to a halt – because of Roman pornography. Archa...

A 936-page report into the Millennium dig in the grounds of Carlisle castle in 1999 has now been published, detailing the 80,000 artefacts d...

A COUNCILLOR wants to build houses on a town centre site which archaeologists believe could unearth important medieval remains. Experts want...

A wine fountain similar to those used by Henry VIII has been unveiled at Hampton Court Palace. The working replica was created after the rem...

Earlier in the week we reported the consternation of historians over the sale of an Anglo-Saxon stone. Now the item has been withdrawn from ...

Humans today could be part Neanderthal, according to a new study that found our ancestors interbred with an extinct hominid species some mil...

A "virtual museum" which gives people the opportunity to experience medieval Newport and its ship and castle in the 15th Century i...

The tiles, pieces of pottery and bricks which were discovered on the Potter Street site have been investigated by a team from Wessex Archaeo...

THESE simple bone tools are about 1,000 years old and were discovered by archaeologists in Exeter. They were used in different stages of mak...

A TEAM of Irish archaeologists is puzzled by the "bizarre" discovery of a 1,150-year-old Viking necklace in a cave in the Burren. ...

Despite the notable lack of significant evidence, the media and the blogosphere are abuzz over the cries of a team of Chinese and Turkish ex...

One of the most important collections of Anglo-Saxon manuscripts – for centuries kept at Corpus Christi College – has been entirely digitise...

The lagoon city of Altinum was one of the richest in the Roman Empire – a staging post for traders from across the ancient world. Around the...

WIESBADEN, Germany -- They came, they dug, and they sifted through thousands of years of European history. With construction crews chomping...

Bonhams auction house acts after claims that second century AD artefacts were taken during illegal excavations Four Roman sculptures are to ...

IRISH archaeologists have been left baffled by the 'bizarre' discovery of a 1,150-year-old Viking necklace in a Burren cave. The nec...

The CBA has written to Bonhams about this rare and vulnerable item of sculpture requesting that the lot is withdrawn. CBA Director Mike Heyw...

For once lice are nice, at least for scientists investigating the origins of garments. Using DNA to trace the evolutionary split between hea...

A unique lamp from the fourth century with the image of Alexander the Great and gold jewellery from the second century BC were discovered by...