Sunday, May 04, 2014

UK's OLDEST town revealed: Amesbury dates back more than TEN millenia

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Archaeologists are confident they finally know the identity of the country's oldest town[PA] Archaeologists at the University of ...

Thieves destroy ancient rock painting in Spain

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Ancient rock art near the town of Quesada in Spain's southern Andalusia region. File image: YouTube/gualayriver A 5,000 year-old r...

Amesbury in Wiltshire named oldest UK settlement

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History will have to be rewritten – astonishing new findings reveal Amesbury is now the oldest place in the country, where history began, a...
Thursday, May 01, 2014

Vikings Online Course

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Vikings: Raiders, Traders and Settlers   12 May to 25 July 2014 Vikings: Raiders, Traders and Settlers  is an online archaeo...

Metal detectorists unearth Viking gold

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After hours of searching through the mud with metal detectors, treasure hunters Frank Pelle and Bent Gregersen made the discovery of their ...

Scientists Uncover Evidence of Change from Hunting to Herding at Early Neolithic Settlement

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A n international team of researchers examining the earliest known pre-ceramic Neolithic mound site in Turkey, called   Aşıklı Höyük , su...

Neanderthals were not less intelligent than modern humans, scientists find

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Neanderthal and modern human skulls. Photograph: Sabena Jane Blackbird/Alamy Scientists have concluded that Neanderthals were not the...

Iron Age human remains uncovered in the Cotswolds

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Human remains dating from the Iron Age have been found during archaeological excavations in Gloucestershire.  The remains are thought...

Prehistoric North Sea 'Atlantis' hit by 5m tsunami

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A prehistoric "Atlantis" in the North Sea may have been abandoned after being hit by a 5m tsunami 8,200 years ago. The wave ...

Photos from the EMAS Easter Study Tour

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You can find a selection of photos from the EMAS Easter study tour to Hadrian's Wall and the Scottish Borders here... You can eithe...
Tuesday, April 29, 2014

Galway archaeologist calls for resources to record artefacts uncovered by storms

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Archaeologist Michael Gibbons at the area on Omey Island where prehistoric remains were revealed by Atlantic storms. Photograph: Joe O’Sh...

A ROMAN HOARD FROM THE END OF EMPIRE

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D utch archaeologists have recently completed the rescue excavation of a unique treasure hoard dating to the beginning of the 5th century...

Selkirk water works 'lost village' history becomes clearer

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It was first thought the findings might have been related to an Anglo-Saxon settlement Further details have emerged of the nature of ...

Archaeologists find 'lost' medieval village full of pottery, coins and bones in Scottish Borders

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© Guard Archaeology Ltd Archaeologists believe a medieval village has been revealed during two winters of work on water pipes in Scotl...

Visit Stonehenge in 3D on Your iPhone/iPad with Apple Maps

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If you’re strapped for cash but dying to check out Stonehenge up close, there’s now an easy way to visit the prehistoric monument right f...

In search of Roman writing tablets at Vindolanda fort

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Archaeologists taking part in the summer excavation programme at Vindolanda Roman Fort, on Hadrian’s Wall say they are hopeful the dig will...

Community dig sheds new light on Wark Castle in Northumberland

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A community dig has shed new light on a castle which for centuries was in the front line of the conflict between England and Scotland. ...

New Genetic Findings About Stone-Age Scandinavian Farmers and Hunter-Gatherers

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A n international team led by researchers at Uppsala University and Stockholm University reports a breakthrough on understanding the demo...

Genomic diversity and admixture differs for Stone-Age Scandinavian foragers and farmers

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This image shows osteologists Ove och Evy Persson at Ajvide, Gotland, Sweden, 1983. The skeleton from a young woman dated to 2700 BC. ...

Skeletons of foetus, heavily pregnant woman and crammed men found at York church

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The foetal skeleton found at All Saints in York © Courtesy All Saints Church The bones of a foetus and its heavily pregnant mother have ...