Tuesday, March 11, 2014

Royal Anglo-Saxon settlement found

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The excavation in the 1930s of the Sutton Hoo site in Suffolk A lost settlement which housed the Anglo-Saxon royalty who created the f...

30,000-Year-old Giant Virus Reawakened From Permafrost Ice Still Infectious

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There’s a science story making the rounds this week that could easily pass as a plot for a low-budget science-fiction flick. A team of F...

Leapin' Lizards! Medieval Arabs Ate the Scaly Creatures

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Medieval desert-dwelling Arabs in Saudi Arabia ate lizards after the advent of Islam, which generally prohibits eating reptiles, new res...

800-year-old monk found poking out of cliff face

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The thigh bones of a medieval monk have been found poking out of cliffs at Monknash in South Wales which was a former burial ground in the...

Genghis Khan: Good weather 'helped him to conquer'

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Genghis Khan was the founder of the Mongol empire, which historians say was the largest contiguous empire in history The rise of Gengh...

Whitehorse Hill burial

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The excavation of a prehistoric cremation burial discovered within a cist at Whitehorse Hill on northern Dartmoor has revealed nationally...

Sulphur haunts the Ghost Wreck

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Sulphur and iron accumulation has once again been found in wood samples from old shipwrecks in the Baltic Sea. This time the samples are fr...

'Awesome' Viking warship 'struck terror into people'

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There are ghosts at the British Museum. Hulking, hairy, bloodthirsty warriors grunting in unison as they row the biggest warship of its...
Sunday, March 09, 2014

ikings: Life and Legend review – a stirring tale of shock and oar

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The British Museum showcases the poetry, boats and bling of the marauding 11th-century Norsemen who, above all else, understood curves… ...

4,000-year-old Dartmoor burial find rewrites British bronze age history

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Stone box contains earliest examples of wood-turning and metal-working, along with Baltic amber and what may be bear skin Parts of ...
Saturday, March 08, 2014

Archaeologists found bones of a Stone Age child and an adult in tiny cave

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Dr Marion Dowd of IT Sligo in the Knocknarea cave which contained Neolithic human bones Archaeologists at IT Sligo have found bones of a...

Bronze Age rock art uncovered in Brecon Beacons

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Rare, prehistoric rock art which could be more than 4,000 years old has been discovered in the Brecon Beacons. The Bronze Age discover...

Damaged Pompeii to receive Italy rescue fund

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A number of structures, including the Temple of Venus and Roma, were damaged by heavy rainfall on Sunday and Monday. The decay prompted cal...

The Vikings are here…

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Gareth Williams, Exhibition Curator, British Museum Lo, it is nearly thirty-five years since the Vikings last came to this Museum, an...
Friday, February 28, 2014

EMAS Study Tour to Île-de-France

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Château-ferme d'Olhain EMAS Study Tour to Île-de-France   14 to 21 June 2014 The EMAS 2014 spring Study Tour is to the Île de Fra...

ANGLO-SAXON CEMETERY RESULTS QUESTION VIOLENT INVASION THEORY

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T he early fifth century transition from Roman Britain to Anglo-Saxon England is a poorly understood period in British history. Historic...

Shield-wearing skeleton, necklace and grave goods found in early Saxon inhumations

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The discovery of nine bodies in Cambridgeshire could reveal much about the little-known early Saxon period © Courtesy Pre-Construct Ar...

NIESZAWA – A MEDIEVAL TOWN RECONSTRUCTED BY NON-INVASIVE SURVEY

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Two seasons of non-invasive investigation including geophysics and aerial prospection have succeeded in providing new insight into the 1...

Prehistoric rock art found in Scottish Highlands

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A rare example of prehistoric rock art has been uncovered in the Highlands. Archaeologists made the discovery while moving a boulder decora...

Arrgh! Adventures of 17th-Century Pirate Alliance Uncovered in Ireland

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These steps at Dutchman's Cove in Castletownsend, County Cork, Ireland, were carved out of the rock to facilitate illicit trade, in t...