Tuesday, 20 October 2009

Welcome to the AD 410 web site

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2010 marks the 1600th anniversary of the end of Roman Britain in AD 410 - one of the greatest turning points in our history. What was life o...
Monday, 19 October 2009

Sutton Hoo welcomes monumental treasure into collection

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After Birmingham Museum's breathtaking temporary display of the Staffordshire Hoard, the National Trust at Sutton Hoo have this week rev...
Sunday, 18 October 2009

Knot found in hoard jewels

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Archaeologists have discovered a Staffordshire Knot symbol among the treasures of the Staffordshire Hoard, making the county sign 500 years ...
Thursday, 15 October 2009

Boynton school children to view exciting archaeological finds at Caythorpe Gas Storage site

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School children from Boynton Primary School in East Yorkshire are being given the opportunity to take a closer look at a number of interesti...
Wednesday, 7 October 2009

History Cookbook

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Welcome to the history cookbook. Do you know what the Vikings ate for dinner? What a typical meal of a wealthy family in Roman Britain consi...
Monday, 5 October 2009

BA 109 covering Staffordshire Hoard

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The Staffordshire Hoard is one of the most spectacular finds of recent years. It was found by a metal detecting enthusiast and reported to t...
Saturday, 3 October 2009

Does brooch dug up in Oxfordshire field belong to 6th century Saxon princess?

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A SAXON brooch and skull uncovered by a metal detecting enthusiast may point to a 1,500-year-old royal grave hidden beneath a farmer’s field...

The Wantage Brooch

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A short video by Gary Brun, showing the finding of the Wantage Saxon Brooch. Watch the video...
Tuesday, 29 September 2009

A new angle on the Saxons

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Historians are only starting to realise the magnitude of the Staffordshire hoard discovery The snaking line of more than 1,000 people queuin...
Thursday, 24 September 2009

The Staffordshire Anglo-Saxon Hoard

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You can find links to the Staffordshire Hoard Press Pack and to three images at: http://archaeology.eu.com/anglo-saxon/staffhoard/

Huge Anglo-Saxon gold hoard found

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The UK's largest haul of Anglo-Saxon treasure has been discovered buried beneath a field in Staffordshire. Experts said the collection o...
Wednesday, 23 September 2009

Hoard of Anglo-Saxon treasure

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The most significant hoard of Anglo-Saxon treasure ever found will be unveiled at Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery on Thursday September 24...
Monday, 21 September 2009

Kirkleatham Museum to display jewels from Cleveland grave of Anglo-Saxon princess

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An "unparalleled" hoard of gold jewellery found next to the body of an Anglo-Saxon princess in a secret Teesside Royal burial fiel...

Ancient skull unearthed on farm

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A metal detecting club has unearthed a 7th Century skull and brooch on farmland in South Oxfordshire. The Weekend Wanderers Metal Detectors ...

Hundreds of Saxon graves unearthed on new pub site

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A perfectly preserved pair of glass drinking cups was found when the grave of an Anglo-Saxon warrior was unearthed during building work on a...
Tuesday, 25 August 2009

Online Courses in Archaeology

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Cave paintings, castles and pyramids, Neanderthals, Romans and Vikings - archaeology is about the excitement of discovery, finding out about...
Wednesday, 19 August 2009

Anglo-Saxon Landscape and Economy: using portable antiquities to study Anglo-Saxon and Viking Age England

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In the last fifteen years the role of metal-detected objects in archaeological research has greatly increased through reporting to the Porta...
Tuesday, 18 August 2009

Amateur archaeologist Basil Brown to be honoured

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HE made one of the most important archaeological discoveries in the United Kingdom unearthing priceless treasure which is now displayed in t...
Thursday, 9 July 2009

Cambridge yields Anglo-Saxon remains

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Archaeological excavations in the central offices of Cambridge University have revealed that the area was occupied by Anglo-Saxons. The find...
Wednesday, 17 June 2009

Yorkshire treasure stash unearthed after 1,000 years

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MORE than a thousand years ago a Saxon thief, desperate to hide his plunder, stashed a hoard of stolen gold in what is today a nondescript W...