Tuesday, 28 July 2015

New research on the causes of the Viking Age

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The Viking hit-and-run raids on monastic communities such as Lindisfarne and Iona were the most infamous result of burgeoning Scandinavian ...
Wednesday, 8 July 2015

You(r) Archaeology – portraying the past

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“You(r) Archaeology – portraying the past” - A European competition to express your view. What is archaeology? An adventure? A pain in ...
Monday, 29 June 2015

Dundee experts recreate face of Saxon man at Lincoln Castle

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Facial reconstruction experts at the University of Dundee have recreated the face of a Saxon man whose skeleton was discovered on the si...
Tuesday, 16 June 2015

Hunt for Viking DNA among Normandy residents riles anti-racism activists

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British scientists searching for evidence of Norse colonisation in the communities of the Cotentin peninsula warn of ‘sensitivities’ over t...

EMAS Field Trip to Worth, Arlington, Bishopstone, Sompting and Poling

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Field Trip to Worth, Arlington, Bishopstone, Sompting and Poling Guide: David Beard MA, FSA 11 July 2015 Pick up 8:00 am at Londo...
Thursday, 28 May 2015

Secrets of Staffordshire Hoard Revealed

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Hundreds of fragments grouped together to reveal remains of incredibly rare high status helmet Unique form of sword pommel also uncover...

Staffordshire Hoard sword and helmet reconstructed

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Thousands of metal fragments from the Staffordshire Hoard have been reconstructed into two "significant" new 7th Century objects....
Tuesday, 26 May 2015

Archaeological find at Norton Bridge turns out to be from Saxon period

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RCHAEOLOGISTS have discovered a wooden butter churn lid unearthed at Norton Bridge is from the Saxon period following scientific tests. ...
Monday, 27 April 2015

Viking voyages began earlier than thought

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Forget about the Viking Age beginning with the brutal sacking of Lindisfarne Priory in 793. According to new research, Norwegian Vikings ...
Sunday, 26 April 2015

Reindeer Antlers Suggest Viking Age Began With Trade

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Antlers from Norwegian reindeer have been unearthed in Ribe, the oldest commercial center in Denmark. The antlers have been dated to A.D....

The Viking Age began in Denmark

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Thursday, 16 April 2015

Burials from Rockbourne Roman villa re-examined

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Lower jaw deformities from birth, a missing right hand and foot bones, trepanning to exorcise “bad spirits” and a lonely burial were the lo...
Friday, 27 March 2015

DNA map of UK migration history shows Vikings drew the line at pillaging

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Analysis shows less Viking DNA than expected, and no single group of Celts. A fine-grained genetic analysis has created a detailed ma...

The Bayeux Tapestry and the Norman Conquest

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The Bayeux Tapestry and the Norman Conquest: A Commemoration of 1066 5 - 7 Feb 2016 2016 is the 950 th  anniversary of the momen...
Wednesday, 18 March 2015

DNA study shows Celts are not a unique genetic group

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A depiction of the Celtic Queen Boudicca from AD 1. Why are Celts' descendents not a single genetic grouping? A DNA study of Brito...
Thursday, 5 March 2015

Anglo-Saxon pendant found in Norfolk field

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A student who unearthed an "outstanding" piece of Anglo-Saxon jewellery believes it could be worth tens of thousands of pounds.  ...
Monday, 19 January 2015

Hinkley Point C excavations unearth bones from the Dark Ages

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The burials date from the 7th Century A Dark Ages cemetery and more than 100 burials has been unearthed at the site of a new nuclear p...

Vikings: Raiders, Traders and Settlers (Online Course)

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Vikings: Raiders, Traders and Settlers (Online Course) Mon 26 Jan to Fri 17 Apr 2015 University of Oxford  Department of Con...
Wednesday, 14 January 2015

Viking Artefacts

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Viking Artefacts is an interesting blog run by Thomas Kamphaus. He describes his interest as follows:  "Why interested in viking...
Monday, 12 January 2015

Mid-Norway Vikings among the first to sail to British Isles

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Circular brooch from a woman’s grave in Nes, Bjung municipality. (Photo: Per Fredriksen, NTNU University Museum) Archaeological findin...