Thursday, August 16, 2018

EMAS Study Tour to Devon and Cornwall

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Study Tour to Devon and Cornwall Guide David Beard MA, FSA 29 October 2018 to 3 November 2018 The EMAS Autumn study tour this year...
Monday, August 06, 2018

Experts ask if there was a tsunami in ancient Orkney

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Maesehowe is Orkney's most famous burial cairn, and a popular tourist attraction A new academic paper has suggested it is possible ...

Stonehenge: Origins of those who built world-famous monument revealed by groundbreaking scientific research

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Experts have discovered act of cremation actually crystallises a bone’s structure and allows its origins to be detected – something previous...

Small height evolved twice on 'Hobbit' island of Flores

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Liang Bua cave, where the Hobbit remains were found ROSINO / CREATIVE COMMONS A new study has shown that small height evolved twice i...

Stonehenge: First residents from west Wales

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Researchers have shown that cremated humans at Stonehenge were from the same region of Wales as the stones used in construction. The ke...

'Spectacular' ancient public library discovered in Germany

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‘Really incredible’ … the site of the second-century library discovered in Cologne. Photograph: Hi-flyFoto/Roman-Germanic Museum of Colog...

Ancient Roman Library Discovered Beneath German City

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The excavation of the ancient library in Cologne, Germany. Credit: Roman-Germanic Museum of Cologne Beneath the soil in Cologne, Germ...
Friday, July 27, 2018

Archaeological Find Near Reykjavík

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The archaeological site. Photo/Ragnheiður Traustadóttir A team of Icelandic archaeologists has discovered occupation layers, dating bac...

Are these markings the handprint of a Pictish man?

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Archaeologists believe they have discovered the hand markings of a Pictish man on an anvil found in Orkney. The find was made during an e...

Soldiers find skeleton of Saxon warrior on Salisbury Plain

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This 6th century Saxon warrior with spear and sword, was found underneath a military trackway, frequently crossed by tanks and huge mili...

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Archaeologists were hoping to find the first hermitage built in Cacela Velha, in Algarve, after the Christian conquest, but the remains t...

Roadworks reveal remains of Iron Age village in York

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An enclosure measuring 16 metres across is believed to date from the Iron Age  [Credit: City of York Council] The earliest find – a ...

Treasure found across Northern Ireland

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More than 40 objects found across Northern Ireland between 2009 and 2016 have been officially categorised as "treasure" by a c...
Thursday, July 19, 2018

These burial treasures open a window into early Anglo-Saxon East Anglia

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The Winfarthing Anglo-Saxon burial treasures. Courtesy Norwich Museums Dr Tim Pestell, Senior Curator of Archaeology at Norwich Castle ...

Lessons From A Real Atlantis

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Before it was lost to the bottom of sea, Doggerland was made up of woodland, meadows, marshes and rivers,  as shown by simulations [Credi...

Old Theban port of Chalcis: A medieval maritime crossroads in Greece

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Medieval ceramic article from Chalcis typical of main Middle Byzantine Production (MBP),  in the collection of the Musée National de Cé...

Archaeologists find remains of 'ancient church' on banks of Tiber in Rome

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Archaeologists have been left at a loss by the discovery of some mysterious ruins in Rome, which could be the remains of one of the city...

Roman coins discovered at Apsaros in Georgia

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The coins were discovered by a Polish-Georgian team of archaeologists conducting  excavations in Apsaros [Credit: fb/Gonio - Apsaros Fo...

Romans had whaling industry, archaeological excavation suggests

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North Atlantic right whales, off Grand Manan Island in Canada. Photograph: Alamy Ancient bones found around the Strait of Gibraltar su...

New DNA sample could prove whether Richard III was guilty of murdering the 'Princes in the Tower'

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New scientific research could finally solve one of Britain’s most controversial historical mysteries. Geneticists have succeeded in obt...