Monday, 27 November 2017

Archaeologists uncover ancient Viking camp from the 870s in village of Repton

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University of Bristol students excavated a Viking camp dating to a winter in the 870s (PA) A Viking camp that dates back to the 870s ha...

New Research on Viking Army Camp at Repton

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(Courtesy Cat Jarman) Archaeologists have turned up new evidence about a ninth-century Viking overwintering camp in the Derbyshire vill...
Tuesday, 17 October 2017

Using parchment to reveal the ancient lives of livestock

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A page from the York Gospels. Eraser rubbings left over from cleaning the pages of this manuscript revealed the ancient genomes of the an...
Monday, 16 October 2017

UK’s north-south divide dates back to Vikings, says archaeologist

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A division 1,000 years in the making? Photograph: David Sillitoe for the Guardian The north-south divide has been the butt of jokes in ...
Wednesday, 20 September 2017

'Exceptionally rare' crucifix found by metal detectorist in England

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An "exceptionally rare" ancient crucifix has been unearthed by an amateur metal detectorist. The 2cm (0.78in) tall lead object, wh...
Thursday, 27 July 2017

Uncovering the Galloway Viking Hoard, layer by layer

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Hold on to your Viking helmet; you’re about to dig, layer by layer, into one of the most extraordinary Viking hoards ever found on the B...
Wednesday, 26 July 2017

Archaeologists Return to Legendary Birthplace of King Arthur

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Archaeologists have completed the first stage of a major five-year study of the archaeology of the Tintagel headland in Cornwall, in th...

1,100-year-old coin found in royal Pictish power centre

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The 1,100-year-old coin found at an archaeological dig at Burghead Fort. Picture: PA A 1,100-year-old coin is amongst a series of disc...

Casting light on the Dark Ages: Anglo-Saxon fenland is re-imagined

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What was life in the fens like in the period known as the dark ages? Archaeologist Susan Oosthuizen revisits the history of an iconic wetlan...
Thursday, 20 July 2017

Southampton Water fish trap dated to Saxon times

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The trap was found by chance close to the Fawley oil refinery by archaeology students more than 10 years ago. A timber fishing trap ex...
Wednesday, 19 July 2017

Archaeologists discover mound next to Slough car park is 'prestigious' Anglo-Saxon monument

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Archaeologists have found that a 20-foot high mound in Slough, thought to be a Norman castle motte and for centuries the centrepiece of...
Sunday, 16 July 2017

One of the most important buildings in history of Christianity discovered off Scottish coast

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Archaeologists have located one of the most important buildings in the history of Western European Christianity – but it’s not a vast c...

Tintagel excavations reveal refined tastes of medieval settlers

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 Archaeologists conducting the first research excavations at Tintagel in decades.  Photograph: Emily Whitfield-Wicks/English He/PA E...

Tintagel excavations reveal refined tastes of early Cornish kings

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Tintagel is intricately bound up in the legend of King Arthur  [Credit: Emily Whitfield-Wicks/English Heritage Trust] Discoveries mad...
Wednesday, 5 July 2017

One of Britain’s oldest churches discovered on Holy Island of Lindisfarne

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Archaeologists have discovered one of Britain’s oldest churches. The find – on the Holy Island of Lindisfarne, off the Northumberlan...
Thursday, 29 June 2017

First new church found on Holy Island, Northumberland, in over a thousand years

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The newly-excavated church on Holy Island (Photo: Handout) For the first time in more than a thousand years, a service will be held to...
Wednesday, 31 May 2017

‘Agricultural Revolution’ In Anglo-Saxon England Sheds New Light On Medieval Land Use

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Researchers from the University of Leicester will be shedding new light on how an ‘agricultural revolution’ in Anglo-Saxon England fueled th...
Wednesday, 24 May 2017

Historians reveal AMAZING details about massive Viking Camp found in Lincolnshire

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Torksey AD 872/873 A 1,100-year-old camp the Viking Great Army at Torksey has been brought to life in stunning virtual reality based on...
Thursday, 18 May 2017

Ten of the Viking treasures on show in York for Viking – Rediscover the Legend

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The Ormside Bowl. Photography Anthony Chappell Ross. Image courtesy of York Museums Trust (Yorkshire Museum). A major new exhibition by...

Viking army camp uncovered by archaeologists in England

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A huge camp which was home to thousands of Vikings as they prepared to conquer England in the late ninth century has been uncovered by arch...