Friday, March 30, 2018

Anglo-Saxon settlement and Roman army camp found in A14 bypass dig

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An archaeologist excavates a skeleton in Cambridgeshire. Photograph: Highways  England/MOLA Headland Infrastructure It’s taken more t...
Tuesday, March 27, 2018

St Albans Abbey 'one of England's early Norman cathedrals'

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Remains of the original apse built in 1077 was unearthed during excavation work at  St Albans Cathedral St Albans Abbey has been conf...

An Icelandic Epic Predicted a Fiery End for Pagan Gods, and Then This Volcano Erupted

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The Codex Regius, an Icelandic collection of poems about pagan gods, contains  a version of the Vǫluspá. Credit: Werner Forman/Univer...

12th Century graffiti art uncovered as part of medieval discovery in Dublin's Coombe

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A HOTEL DEVELOPMENT in Dublin halted production last October when the remains of what appeared to be 12th century Irish structures were di...

New Pompeii excavations a revelation

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ANSA) - Naples, March 23 - Major new finds have been unveiled for Friday's 270th anniversary of the discovery of the first remains of...

Skilled female potters travelled around the Baltic nearly 5000 years ago

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These are Neolithic Corded ware pottery recovered in Southern Finland [Credit: Elisabeth Holmqvist-Sipilä] Was it the fine pottery it...

Ramsey Island: New survey finds 'Bronze Age' site

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Ramsey Island is owned and managed by the RSPB New archaeological sites on a small island off the coast of west Wales have been discove...

The archaeologists sorting out Orkney's Neolithic bones

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Archaeologists excavating Neolithic tombs in Orkney are used to finding jumbled collections of bones A new study could potentially tran...

LES FOUILLES DES JARDINS DE LA CATHÉDRALE DU MANS

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D epuis septembre 2017, une équipe d’archéologues de l’Inrap fouille, sur prescription de l’Etat (Drac Pays de la Loire), les abords du c...
Monday, March 19, 2018

Viking expert certain Norse seafarers visited Miramichi, Chaleur Bay

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Birgitta Wallace, senior archaeologist emerita with Parks Canada, says she believes Vikings had summer camps in New Brunswick's Miram...

Archaeologists Closer to Finding Lost Viking Settlement

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The only known Viking site in North America is located at L'anse aux Meadows, Newfoundland. It was declared a World Heritage site. ...

Site of huge Iron Age feast celebration found on Orkney

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Windwick Bay at South Ronaldsay, close to the site of the massive cliff top feast held more than 1,700 years ago. PIC: www.geography.co.u...

Utrecht’s history goes back 11,000 years, archaeologists say

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The history of Utrecht begins at least 8,000 years earlier than was previously thought, local broadcaster RTV Utrecht reported this week....

Alchemy, flushing toilets and blood-letting: The secrets of medieval Oxford revealed

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Exclusive:  Investigators have found writing equipment, cutlery and even ceramic beer mugs used by students and teachers going back 800 year...

Major dig to begin at Carrickfergus Castle

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A major archaeological excavation at the front of Carrickfergus Castle, County Antrim, will begin later. The dig will inform the next ...

Archaeological treasures hiding in London's mud

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Continuing a tradition popularised by the Victorians, "mudlarkers" scour the foreshore of the Thames in search of historical ...
Thursday, March 01, 2018

15,000-year-old artefacts discovered along Scotland's Aberdeen bypass

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Artefacts and structures found during archaeological excavations on the Aberdeen Western Peripheral Route/Balmedie to Tipperty (AWPR/B-T) pr...

Remains of Welshpool's medieval castle excavated

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Archaeologists have resumed a dig at Welshpool's medieval castle. Clwyd-Powys Archaeological Trust (CPAT) held an open day at Victo...

The Future of London’s Past

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Unfortunately, Martin Biddle's lecture 'Central Considerations: Winchester, the birth of Urban Archaeology, and The Future of London...
Monday, February 26, 2018

This Roman ‘gate to hell’ killed its victims with a cloud of deadly carbon dioxide

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The ancient city of Hierapolis, located in modern-day Turkey  Is it possible to walk through the gates of hell and live? The Romans tho...