Monday, 11 February 2008

BONES DISCOVERY MAY PROMPT FULL-SCALE DIG

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A Full excavation for Anglo-Saxon remains and other historical items could be carried out at a building site where human bones were found. I...
Monday, 4 February 2008

EARLY BURIAL GROUND DISCOVERED BY ARCHAEOLOGISTS IN DONCASTER

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Archaeologists have discovered a cemetery dating back 1,500 years at the site of a new school near Doncaster. The exciting find, which consi...
Saturday, 2 February 2008

WAS ARTHUR PART OF BRIGG ROUND TABLE?

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Could King Arthur, the legendary leader of the Britons in the sixth century, have set up camp with his Knights of the Round Table in Brigg? ...
Thursday, 31 January 2008

Builders dig up 35 skeletons

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BUILDERS working on the site of a new school have stumbled across what could be one of the most historic finds ever unearthed in Doncaster. ...
Tuesday, 29 January 2008

TREASURE LINK THEORY

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Treasures unearthed from a giant Anglo-Saxon burial ground in the North East of England could have originated in Lincolnshire. Archaeologist...
Wednesday, 23 January 2008

Anglo-Saxon treasures will stay in region - vow

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STUNNING Anglo-Saxon jewellery discovered on a North-East farm will not be lost to the British Museum, in London, it was pledged yesterday. ...
Tuesday, 22 January 2008

MP in plea over ancient treasure

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Rare Anglo-Saxon treasures discovered in a Teesside field will almost certainly be allowed to remain in the area, the government has said. G...
Sunday, 20 January 2008

Archaeologists unearth ancient pits

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ARCHAEOLOGISTS preparing the ground for a new building at an Anglo-Saxon village have discovered the remains of three pits dating back 1,500...

Archaeologists unearths buried treasure

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A FREELANCE archaeologist has unearthed one of the most dramatic finds of Anglo Saxon materials within an ancient burial ground in the North...

Royal burial ground unearthed

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A royal Anglo-Saxon burial ground and some of the finest gold jewellery ever unearthed in the country has been discovered by a freelance arc...

'Dramatic' ancient cemetery found

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A freelance archaeologist has uncovered what is thought to be the only known Anglo-Saxon royal burial site in the north of England. Spectacu...

English were dedicated followers of French fashion 1,400 years ago

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The British, it seems, have assiduously followed European fashion trends for years. It now turns out that it may have been for centuries. St...

English were dedicated followers of French fashion 1,400 years ago

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The British, it seems, have assiduously followed European fashion trends for years. It now turns out that it may have been for centuries. St...

Cathedral's Anglo-Saxon angel aired

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THE 1,300-year-old carved figure of an Anglo-Saxon angel unearthed during excavations at Lichfield Cathedral was yesterday unveiled. The 63c...

Anglo-Saxon gold coin leaves British Museum out of pocket

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A gold coin lost 1,200 years ago on a river bank in Bedfordshire became the most expensive British coin when it was bought by the British Mu...

Anglo-Saxon finds in church work

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An ancient church in East Sussex has been found to be 100 years older than was thought after restoration work uncovered hidden windows and p...

EXPERTS FIND RARE ROMANI DNA IN NORWICH ANGLO SAXON SKELETON

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Experts from Norfolk Archaeology Unit based at Norwich Castle have discovered a rare form of mitochondrial DNA identified as Romani in a ske...

'Apartheid' slashed Celtic genes in early England

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A system of racial segregation imposed by early Anglo-Saxon invaders in England may have massively boosted the breeding of the Germanic inte...

Britain's hoard of ancient coins

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The British Museum today unveils the most expensive coin in history. The ninth-century coin depicts Coenwulf, the ruler of the Anglo-Saxon k...

Skeleton crew digs up the past

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THE skeleton of an Anglo-Saxon lord has been recovered as the hunt for buried treasure continues at a city allotment site. The removal of th...