Monday, 26 March 2012

Vikings: Raiders, Traders and Settlers - Online Course

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University of Oxford Department for Continuing Education Mon 14 May to Fri 27 Jul 2012 Ravagers, despoilers, pagans, heathens - t...
Thursday, 22 March 2012

Photos: Bejeweled Anglo-Saxon Found in Christian "Burial Bed"

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The skeleton of a young Christian noblewoman, who was laid to rest on a "burial bed" some 1,400 years ago, is giving archaeo...
Sunday, 18 March 2012

Remains of dark ages princess found in field in Cambridge

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    VIEW GALLERY The remains of a mysterious Anglo-Saxon princess, who died  thirteen and a half centuries ago, have bee...
Saturday, 17 March 2012

UK experts find 7th-century teen buried in her bed

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Archaeologists excavating near Cambridge have stumbled upon a rare and mysterious find: The skeleton of a 7th-century teenager buried in ...
Friday, 16 March 2012

Cross and bed found in Anglo-Saxon grave shed new light on 'dark ages'

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Archaeologists in Cambridge thrilled to discover grave with body of young woman on a bed with an ornate gold cross The dead are often d...

Anglo-Saxon Christian grave find near Cambridge 'extremely rare'

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An Anglo-Saxon grave discovered near Cambridge could be one of the earliest examples of Christianity taking over from Paganism, archaeo...

New TV drama – “Vikings” – to be filmed in Ireland and Northern Europe

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The History Channel in the US and History Television in Canada have announced they will be airing a scripted drama series, Vikings . Th...

Earliest Christian burial in UK found

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One of the earliest Anglo-Saxon Christian burial sites in Britain has been discovered in a village outside Cambridge. The grave of a teena...
Thursday, 15 March 2012

Professor Ray Page (1924 - 2012)

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The Department of Anglo-Saxon, Norse & Celtic is sad to announce the death on 10 March 2012 of Professor Raymond Page, Emeritus Elring...
Thursday, 8 March 2012

Mildenhall Museum gets RAF Lakenheath warrior and horse

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    The warrior and horse were found at RAF Lakenheath in 1997 Mildenhall Museum is set to double in size to help display th...
Monday, 5 March 2012

History of castle from the Saxons to Cromwell

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THE February meeting of Henley Archaeological and Historical Group welcomed an expert on the history of Wallingford and the founder of Wal...
Friday, 10 February 2012

Time Team: Mary-Ann Ochota quits Channel 4 archaeological show

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Time Team has been thrown into disarray after Mary-Ann Ochota became the second presenter to leave the Channel 4 archaeological progra...
Thursday, 9 February 2012

Reply to my complaint to Channel 4 concerning Time Team Changes

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As expected, a wishy-washy response - but the more people who write in, the better! "Dear Mr Beard, Thank you for contacting Chann...
Wednesday, 8 February 2012

Mick Aston quits Time Team after producers hire former model co-presenter

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Mick Aston, the archeologist, has quit Time Team after producers hired a former model as the programme’s co-presenter.  The 65-year-...
Monday, 30 January 2012

Find Roman history and Anglo Saxon remains under your feet

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BUDDING archaeologists need to pick up a trowel and get digging in their back gardens. A new project, funded by a £40,800 grant from...
Friday, 27 January 2012

Archaeology Courses at the Oxford Experience 2012

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The Oxford Experience Summer School 1 July to 11 August 2012 The 2012 Oxford Experience Programme is now online. The Oxford Exp...
Thursday, 26 January 2012

Mass grave belonged to Viking mercenaries

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The burial site, containing the bodies of 54 young men, was unearthed at Ridgeway Hill near Weymouth in 2009 ahead of the construction ...

The Viking death squads who got a taste of their own medicine: Mass grave shows how the Anglo-Saxons hit back at invaders

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A mass grave found in Dorset contains the bodies of an elite ‘hit squad’ of invading Viking warriors, experts claim.  All decapitated an...

Viking mass grave linked to elite killers of the medieval world

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A crew of Viking mercenaries – some of the fiercest and most feared killers in the medieval world – could be the occupants of a mysterious...

Skeletons found in Dorset mass grave 'were mercenaries'

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A mass grave in Dorset containing 54 decapitated skeletons was a burial ground for violent Viking mercenaries, according to a Cambridge ...