Sunday, 19 May 2019

The riddle of Winchester Cathedral's skeletons

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A reconstruction of Queen Emma's bones is on display but her skull is not completely intact making it too difficult to create a 3D mo...
Friday, 17 May 2019

The Prittlewell Princely Burial Treasures go on show at Southend Museum

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Gold crosses from the earliest dated princely Anglo-Saxon burial believed to have been placed over the man’s eyes © MOLA Ellie Broad, A...

UK's 'Tutankhamun' tomb: Your questions answered

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The tomb contained 40 artefacts including treasures from other kingdoms MOLA Treasures discovered in an Anglo-Saxon royal burial sit...

Southend burial site 'UK's answer to Tutankhamun'

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The Prittlewell burial site was discovered in 2003 MOLA A royal burial site found between a pub and Aldi supermarket has been hailed ...

'Queen's bones' found in Winchester Cathedral royal chests

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The six chests have been found to hold the remains of at least 23 individuals JOHN CROOK / WINCHESTER CATHEDRAL Bones held in mortuar...
Thursday, 16 May 2019

Bones unidentified for centuries may belong to one of England’s most historically important queens

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Anglo-Saxon bones dating back 1,000 years ( Dean and Chapter of Winchester Cathedral ) Early England’s forgotten monarchs are set for a...
Monday, 18 March 2019

Anglo-Saxon gold pendant found in Norfolk declared treasure

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The gold pendant would have belonged to a "high status woman", like the famous Winfarthing Pendant COURTESY OF THE PORTABLE A...
Tuesday, 12 March 2019

Home of 7th Century princess unearthed in Coldingham

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The dig concentrated on ground around Coldingham Priory in the Borders DIGVENTURES/AERIAL-CAM Archaeologists believe they have found ...
Thursday, 6 December 2018

Burial sites from 5th and 6th centuries yield unexpected treasures

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Some of the artefacts discovered during excavations in Lincolnshire.  Photograph: Danny Lawson/PA Archaeologists have uncovered lavis...

Lincolnshire Anglo-Saxon cemetery burials unearthed

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Experts said a "significant proportion of very lavish burials" belonged to women Burials of richly-dressed women interred wit...
Wednesday, 26 September 2018

Chirk Castle dig tries to unearth origins of Offa's Dyke

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Archaeologist Ian Grant said some suggest King Offa's predecessor may have started the dyke An archaeological dig at 13th Century...
Friday, 27 July 2018

Soldiers find skeleton of Saxon warrior on Salisbury Plain

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This 6th century Saxon warrior with spear and sword, was found underneath a military trackway, frequently crossed by tanks and huge mili...
Thursday, 19 July 2018

These burial treasures open a window into early Anglo-Saxon East Anglia

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The Winfarthing Anglo-Saxon burial treasures. Courtesy Norwich Museums Dr Tim Pestell, Senior Curator of Archaeology at Norwich Castle ...
Wednesday, 20 June 2018

Archaeologists in Cambridgeshire find graves of two men with legs chopped off

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‘Somebody really, really didn’t like these guys,’ says Jonathan House, archaeologist with the Mola Headland Infrastructure team.  Photo...

How to decorate like a Viking

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Grand Designs, Viking edition. A new report recreates some of the colours used by Vikings to decorate their houses, including ochre and c...

DNA study reveals fate of Irish women taken by Vikings as slaves to Iceland

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The Sea Stallion from Glendalough, a reconstructed Viking ship [Credit: Eric Luke] The mapping of DNA from some of the settlers who col...
Monday, 18 June 2018

Inscribed seventh-century window ledge unearthed at Tintagel

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The slate ledge was found during excavations of Tintagel Castle in Cornwall, a site associated with the stories of King Arthur. Photograp...

Bedfordshire's first Roman town wall unearthed in Sandy

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Items discovered by Les Capon and his team include the skeleton of a woman, a funeral pyre, Roman rubbish and a pottery kiln Archaeolog...
Wednesday, 13 June 2018

Hidden writing in ancient desert monastery manuscripts

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Fr Justin is helping to share online the historic manuscripts in an ancient Sinai monastery For a monk who lives in the Sinai desert in...
Tuesday, 12 June 2018

South Downs skeleton 'executed 1,000 years ago'

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The well-preserved skeleton, thought to be from the 11th Century, was found during excavations in the South Downs A man whose remains w...