Sunday, May 29, 2016

Red paint found at Roman Baths during excavations

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Wall plaster with a red-painted finish has been found on an external wall The building housing some of Britain's most famous Roman...

Discovery of Roman fort built after Boudican revolt

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N ew research published by archaeologists from MOLA reveals a previously unknown Roman fort, built in AD63 as a direct response to the sa...

How London became Britain's capital has been revealed for the first time

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A Roman fort suggests the Romans chose London as their new British political headquarters after Boadicea's revolt in the mid 1st cen...

New Lead in the Search for Elusive Norse Settlements

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Wayne MacIsaac stands near what he believes may be the remnants of a Norse fortification wall. (Tara MacIsaac/Epoch Times) CODROY VALL...

Experts stunned to discover early Shakespearian theatre was rectangular

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The Curtain Theatre – one of the three earliest purpose-built playhouses in England – was 30 metres long and 22 metres wide, and not round ...

Archaeology must open up to become more diverse

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Archaeology classrooms are becoming more representative, but we need practitioners with more varied backgrounds and perspectives  An a...

'Eye-watering' scale of Black Death's impact on England revealed

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Thousands of volunteers have helped to uncover the full and devastating extent of the population collapse caused by the epidemic Prayi...

Women In Southern Germany Corded Ware Culture May Have Been Highly Mobile

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Women in Corded Ware Culture may have been highly mobile and may have married outside their social group, according to a study published Ma...

Neanderthals Were Stocky From Birth

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If a Neanderthal were to sit down next to us on the underground, we would probably first notice his receding forehead, prominent brow ridge...

LA RICHE HISTOIRE DU SITE DE LAVALLOT NORD À GUIPAVAS

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L'In rap mène, depuis le 11 janvier 2016, une fouille préventive aux portes de Brest, sur le site de Lavallot Nord à Guipavas. Prescr...

Neanderthal stone ring structures found in French cave

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The structures were found deep inside the cave, so the builders would have needed fire to see  Researchers investigating a cave in Fra...
Saturday, May 14, 2016

A kitchen story, a quarry, bones and gaming pieces: These medieval finds have been found at a Suffolk school

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A school site in an 11th century road system in Suffolk has been excavated for medieval remains ahead of the creation of a new classroom ...

'Stone Age Art' in Bavarian cave not carved by humans after all

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The Mäanderhöhle cave near Bamberg was previously regarded as an archaeological sensation. It was thought to contain some of the oldes...

Bronze Age Burial Found in England

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EVESHAM, ENGLAND—Archaeologists surveying a future development site in England’s West Midlands region were surprised to find a Bronze A...
Wednesday, May 11, 2016

Two finds in one at Harray chamber

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County archaeologist Julie Gibson at the entrance to the underground chamber. (Archaeology Institute UHI) A prehistoric underground st...

More Anglo-Saxons - including a warrior and a high-status woman - have been found by archaeologists in Wiltshire

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A six-foot warrior and a high-status woman were part of an Anglo-Saxon cemetery excavated in south-east Wiltshire Last month, archaeolo...

Viking 'parliament' site uncovered on Scottish island

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IT is an ancient meeting place where Vikings would gather to decide laws, settle disputes and make key political decisions. Now archae...
Wednesday, May 04, 2016

Hominins may have been food for carnivores 500,000 years ago

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Tooth-marks on a 500,000-year-old hominin femur bone found in a Moroccan cave indicate that it was consumed by large carnivores, likely...

Neandertals and Upper Paleolithic Homo sapiens had different dietary strategies

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This is an image of a fossilized human molar used in the study of dietary habits of Neandertals and Upper Paleolithic Homo sapiens. Credi...

Meta-Vikings: Runestone Long Thought to Honor Kings Actually Monument to Writing Itself

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This is Per Holmberg, researcher at University of Gothenburg, with the Rök Runestone.  Photo: University of Gothenburg The  Rök Runes...