Tuesday, 25 June 2013

The Sutton Hoo Online Exhibition

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In 1939, just before the outbreak of the Second World War, an archaeologist named Basil Brown excavated the largest of 18 burial mounds i...

From Sutton Hoo to the soccer pitch: culture with a click

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Museums, libraries and galleries are a tourist staple of the summer holiday season. Often they’re the first place we head to when visitin...
Sunday, 2 June 2013

HaNoA - Häfen im Nordatlantik

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Der Hafen von Búðasandur, Hvalfjörður, Island. Die Überreste eines Handelsplatzes befinden sich in der Bildmitte, das mittelalterliche ...
Tuesday, 14 May 2013

High-tech dig finds Roman farmstead

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A high-tech research park is going to be built on land that once housed a Roman farmstead. An archaeological dig on the site of what will ...
Friday, 26 April 2013

Online Courses in Archaeology

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University of Oxford Online Courses in Archaeology Cave paintings, castles and pyramids, Neanderthals, Romans and Vikings - archaeol...
Sunday, 21 April 2013

The Battle of Fulford: War breaks out over 'forgotten' Yorkshire battlefield

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Local historians say it's the site of the curtain-raiser to Hastings in 1066. The council wants to build hundreds of houses on it ...
Monday, 15 April 2013

Northampton Castle dig reveals Saxon past

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A "rare" Saxon brooch, a medieval harness, pottery and animal bones are among items found by archaeologists at Northampton's...
Friday, 12 April 2013

Northampton Castle dig reveals Saxon past

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A "rare" Saxon brooch, a medieval harness, pottery and animal bones are among items found by archaeologists at Northampton's...
Sunday, 7 April 2013

Unmarked grave dug up in hunt for England's King Alfred the Great

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Archaeologists dug up an unmarked grave in a quiet English churchyard in search of remains of King Alfred the Great, a ninth century mo...
Saturday, 23 March 2013

Online Viking Course

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Vikings: Raiders, Traders and Settlers University of Oxford  Online and Distance Learning 8 May to 21 July 2013 Ravagers, despoile...
Friday, 15 March 2013

Staffordshire hoard of treasures to be displayed in Birmingham gallery

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The Staffordshire hoard, the UK's largest collection of Anglo Saxon treasure, includes sword mounts and fragments of processional ...

Bronze Age settlement unearthed in SW England

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Wick Barrow beakers [Credit: Somerset County Council] Excavations at the Hinkley C site have revealed the remains of a 3,000-year-old...
Monday, 25 February 2013

Exhibition preview: Capital of the North, Yorkshire Museum, York

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© Gareth Buddo " From the fifth century, for 1,000 years, York was the northern city,” says Natalie McCaul, the curator of archae...

How a distaste for 'pagan food' first put the British off horsemeat

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The paper does not attempt to explain how the fashion for eating horsemeat re-emerged in other European countries, notably France   Phot...
Monday, 18 February 2013

Mick Aston Interview

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Mick Aston, formerly of television’s  Time Team , answers questions submitted by Oxbow Books and David Brown Book Company customers. Cand...

ARCHI The Archaeological Sites Index

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ARCHI, the online searchable archaeological database, has added a new feature that allows users to add sites to their world-wide datab...
Sunday, 17 February 2013

Archaeology Summer Courses at Oxford

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The Oxford Experience is offering a number of archaeology courses this summer. Each course lasts for one week and participants stay...
Saturday, 16 February 2013

EMAS Easter Study Tour to Yorkshire

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There are still a few places available on the Easter archaeological study tour to Yorkshire. The Study Tour is organized by EMAS, the ...
Friday, 8 February 2013

Remarkable new finds below York Minster

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ARCHAEOLOGISTS have found evidence of a previously-unknown settlement below York Minster, dating back more than 1,000 years. Exper...

York Minster finds shed light on post-Roman period

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The rare Anglo-Saxon coin found at the minster shows that the city had its own mint [Credit: Maev Kennedy/Guardian] The recent excavati...