Saturday, 12 April 2008

Bejeweled Anglo-Saxon Burial Suggests Cult

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In seventh century England, a woman's jewelry-draped body was laid out on a specially constructed bed and buried in a grave that formed ...
Tuesday, 8 April 2008

Experts bone up on grisly relics

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Archaeologists now believe a dozen skeletons discovered in a mass grave in the centre of Oxford may have belonged to executed criminals from...

Archaeological work on an Anglo-Saxon settlement in East Anglia

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ARCHAEOLOGISTS have meticulously built up a picture of ancient settlements in an isolated location near Aldeburgh. Their work follows two di...
Sunday, 6 April 2008

Archaeological finds set to go on display

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DONCASTER Museum is expected to stage an exhibition of the borough's recent major Viking or Saxon find in the next few months. Doncaster...
Thursday, 3 April 2008

Bid to make St Bede's home a world attraction

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CREATED by Benedict Biscop in the 7th century, the joint monastic site of Jarrow and Wearmouth is one of the greatest treasures from the Gol...
Monday, 10 March 2008

Reburial for Anglo Saxon remains

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About 3,000 skeletons are to be reburied in an Anglo-Saxon ceremony at a North Lincolnshire church where they were discovered almost 30 year...
Thursday, 6 March 2008

Anglo-Saxon graves found at Peterborough Cathedral

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EIGHT Anglo-Saxon grave markers belonging to ordinary folk have been uncovered in Peterborough Cathedral's grounds during restoration wo...
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...