Wednesday, 30 January 2013

Escrick sapphire ring's mystery history sparks meeting

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The style and material of the ring makes it hard to date the university said A sapphire ring found in North Yorkshire has sparked a ...
Monday, 14 January 2013

Archeologist who found 1,400-year-old grave of princess signs copies of his new book

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ROYAL FIND: Dr Steve Sherlock, who discovered the Saxon Princess jewellery at Loftus, a piece of which is shown below, signs copies of ...
Friday, 11 January 2013

Staffordshire Hoard grows as 81 further pieces declared treasure trove

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Some of the pieces of gold and silver which have been declared part of the Staffordshire Hoard. Photograph: Staffordshire County Counci...

Staffordshire Hoard duo in fresh windfall from new 'treasure' find

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Terry Herbert from Burntwood, Staffordshire, with some of the pieces which made up  an Anglo-Saxon hoard More than 80 Anglo-Saxon ...
Tuesday, 18 December 2012

Staffordshire hoard site yields further 90 fragments

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Staffordshire hoard: part of a helmet was among the pieces unearthed in the Hammerwich field last month. Photograph: Staffordshire count...

Staffordshire Hoard: Gold fragments found in Hammerwich

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About 90 more pieces of gold and silver believed to belong to the Staffordshire Hoard have been found. The discovery was ma...
Monday, 17 December 2012

Saxon graves uncovered at St Margaret's

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Five Saxon graves have been discovered by archaeologists at St Margaret’s. The graves were unearthed at The Droveway by Keith Parfitt, of...
Sunday, 16 December 2012

University of Oxford Online Courses in Archaeology

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Now is the time to enrol for Hilary term online courses in Archaeology. Each courses lasts for 10 weeks, with the expectation of ...
Monday, 26 November 2012

Anglo-Saxon treasure reveals west Norfolk cremation

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Fragments of an early Anglo-Saxon silver brooch found in Norfolk has given archaeologists new evidence of a cremation burial in the ...
Sunday, 18 November 2012

Summer Courses in Archaeology

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Oxford Experience Archaeology Courses The Oxford Experience Summer School offers weekly introductory courses in the Sciences and Humani...
Monday, 5 November 2012

Archaeologists reveal rare Anglo-Saxon feasting hall

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A rare Anglo-Saxon feasting hall has been spectacularly uncovered by a team of archaeologists from the University of Reading working at ...

Saxon find in Lyminge has historians partying like it's 599

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A still from the 2007 motion-capture film Beowulf. The epic poem featured a great hall of its own, Heorot, whose ‘radiance shone over ...

Anglo-Saxon hall found in Kent is 'tip of the iceberg'

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An Anglo-Saxon feasting hall unearthed beneath a village green in Kent could represent the "tip of the iceberg", according ...
Monday, 15 October 2012

The Anglo-Saxons are coming!

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Producer Beaty Rubens introduces a new, extended series of The Essay on Radio 3 – three blocks of ten episodes stretching in to 2013, the ...
Thursday, 11 October 2012

Archaeology Summer Courses in Oxford

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The Oxford Experience, Christ Church, Oxford The Oxford Experience summer school offers one-week introductory classes in the huma...
Thursday, 4 October 2012

Oxford Experience on Facebook

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The Oxford Experience - an Oxford University summer school that offers many courses in archaeology and history - now has a Facebook sit...
Thursday, 27 September 2012

Westminster Abbey staff clean floor around Edward the Confessor's tomb

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Conservation staff at Westminster Abbey clean the Cosmati pavement surrounding the tomb of Edward the Confessor and asses it for conser...
Monday, 10 September 2012

Ipswich waterfront Saxon dig unearths 300 graves

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An archaeological dig at Ipswich waterfront has unearthed 300 skeletons and evidence of an old church. The excavation is taking pla...
Wednesday, 8 August 2012

Soldiers injured in Afghanistan make surprise find on UK archaeology dig

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Remains of an Anglo Saxon warrior, buried with his spear and a bronze-bound drinking cup, after he was was discovered by modern sold...
Saturday, 28 July 2012

Discovery of early medieval royal stronghold in southwest Scotland

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Trusty's Hill Pictish carving. Image: Galloway Picts Project A recent Heritage Lottery funded archaeological excavation has disco...