Wednesday, 29 December 2010

Popular Archaeology Magazine Launched

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Popular Archaeology magazine is a 100% online periodical dedicated to participatory, or public, archaeology. Unlike most other major magazin...
Saturday, 18 December 2010

Mucking Anglo-Saxon cemeteries archive released

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The ADS, English Heritage, the British Academy and the Leverhulme Trust are pleased to announce by the release of The Mucking Anglo-Saxon ce...
Saturday, 27 November 2010

New Sutton Hoo photographs unearthed

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It’s like stepping back in time. The Sutton Hoo Visitors Centre has unearthed a host of new, historically important treasures. Like the orig...
Monday, 8 November 2010

Silbury Hill's Anglo-Saxon makeover

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Silbury Hill acquired its distinctive shape in more modern times, according to new archaeological evidence. It is traditionally thought that...
Thursday, 21 October 2010

Britain's first hospital discovered

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A site which may house Britain's earliest known hospital has been uncovered by archaeologists. Radio carbon analysis at the former Leper...
Friday, 24 September 2010

Newly restored Staffordshire Hoard items on display

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A year on from the public unveiling of the Staffordshire Hoard, some newly restored items have gone on display. A pectoral cross is just one...
Tuesday, 21 September 2010

Online Courses in Archaeology with the University of Oxford

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

Ancient weapons and Anglo-Saxon gold among subjects for Treasure House lectures

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A series of autumn lectures are being at the Treasure House, Beverley. Dr David Marchant, museum's registrar, will begin the series on O...
Friday, 3 September 2010

Archaeologists solve riddle of bones in Eynsham garden

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ONCE surrounded by his aged peers, he is the one they left behind. Archaeologists yesterday confirmed that the human skeleton discovered in ...

Saxon boat found by workmen

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A Saxon boat has been uncovered during flood defence work on the River Ant. Broadland Environmental Services Ltd (BESL), working on behalf o...
Thursday, 12 August 2010

Dig uncovers Wales’ first Saxon ‘palace’

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ARCHAEOLOGISTS yesterday unearthed the first Saxon building found in Wales, and said it may have been the ancient palace of a prince. A team...
Tuesday, 10 August 2010

Domesday Book reveals the rise of a Norman Abramovich after 1066

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Within 20 years of the Norman conquest, England was dominated by "a new class of super rich Frenchmen gorging on their success". S...

Lincoln Castle dig uncovers Saxon homes

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Evidence of ruthless land clearance by Norman knights has been found in Lincoln. Archaeologists working in the castle grounds have discovere...
Friday, 23 July 2010

More Staffordshire Hoard items on show

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Nineteen pieces of the Staffordshire Hoard have gone on public display for the first time. They are on display at the Potteries Museum and A...
Tuesday, 20 July 2010

Pillar of Eliseg: Archaeologists dig beneath 9th Century monument

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Archaeologists start excavations on a suspected ancient burial site to try to understand the significance of a Llangollen landmark on which ...
Wednesday, 7 July 2010

Oxford University opens Anglo-Saxon archive to online submissions

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Widespread interest in last year's discovery of a hoard of Anglo-Saxon gold in Staffordshire has prompted Oxford University to embark on...
Saturday, 19 June 2010

How the study of teeth is revealing our history

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The scientific study of teeth and bones is transforming our knowledge of our historic past So British scientists have proved some bones foun...

German cathedral bones 'are Saxon queen Eadgyth'

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Scientists have revealed that they think bones found in a German cathedral are those of one of the earliest members of the English royal fam...

The life of an Anglo-Saxon princess

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The unearthing of Eadgyth, the Anglo-Saxon princess, was an emotional moment for historian Michael Wood. She was the Diana of the dark ages ...
Thursday, 17 June 2010

Remains of first king of England's sister found in German cathedral

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Bones offer insight into royal life of Eadgyth, whose brother Athelstan married off to German king in 929, say scientists She ate lots of fi...