Friday, 29 November 2019

It Cleans Up Nicely: Scottish Viking Hoard Reveals New Secrets

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Around the time the Irish were stamping out the Viking presence in their country, local lore says the Scots and Vikings also fought a bat...
Friday, 22 November 2019

Remarkable remains of Anglo Saxon woman and jewels found in grounds of Canterbury Christ Church University

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The skeleton of the Anglo Saxon woman (21999128) The remarkable remains of a young Anglo-Saxon woman, buried with lavish jewels and a k...

Viking treasure thieves who stole hoard worth £12m with metal detectors are jailed

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Metal detectorists George Powell and Layton Davies have been jailed at  Worcester Crown Court  for stealing a Viking treasure hoard, worth...

Metal detectorists convicted of trying to sell £3m Viking treasure hoard on black market

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A pair of metal detectorists have been convicted of stealing a hoard of Viking coins and jewellery potentially worth £3m – much of which i...
Thursday, 21 November 2019

Detectorists hid find that rewrites Anglo-Saxon history

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 Coins and jewellery from the hoard found by George Powell and Layton Davies. Photograph: . An expert gasped when he saw coins unearthe...

UK metal detectorists guilty of theft after concealing £3m hoard

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A ring, crystal pendant and ingot found in the haul. Photograph: Two metal detectorists who unearthed an astonishing hoard of gold jewe...

Detectorists stole Viking hoard that 'rewrites history'

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Most of the estimated 300 coins believed to be in the hoard are still missing BRITISH MUSEUM Two metal detectorists stole a £3m Vikin...

Two metal detectorists convicted of stealing a £3 million Viking hoard of coins and priceless jewellery

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A coin which was part of a £3 million Viking hoard CREDIT: PA Two metal detectorists have been convicted of stealing a £3 million Vikin...

Detectorists stole Viking hoard that 'rewrites history'

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Most of the estimated 300 coins believed to be in the hoard are still missing BRITISH MUSEUM Two metal detectorists stole a £3m Vikin...

Four convicted over theft of £3 million Viking treasure trove that could hold key to English history

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George Powell and Layton Davies were convicted at Worcester Crown Court of stealing a £3 million hoard of Viking coins and jewellery ( PA ...
Sunday, 17 November 2019

Mysterious battle which 'saved England from the Vikings' WAS fought near Liverpool

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A bloody conflict which saw the Anglo Saxons fend off the Vikings and Celts took place in Wirral, near Liverpool, archaeologists say. T...

EMAS Archaeological Study Tour to Orkney

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EMAS Archaeological Study Tour to Orkney 14 – 23 April 2020 Guide: David Beard MA, FSA, FSA Scot The 2020 EMAS spring study tour...
Sunday, 3 November 2019

'One of the greatest finds': experts shed light on Staffordshire hoard

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Items from the Staffordshire hoard of gold, weapons and ornaments found by a metal detectorist in 2009. Photograph: David Jones/PA First...
Thursday, 17 October 2019

Research reveals secret of who owned the Galloway Hoard

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Ecgbeorht rune on silver arm-ring [Credit: National Museums Scotland] Dr Adrian Maldonado, Glenmorangie Research Fellow at National Mus...
Thursday, 3 October 2019

Man’s name found on the 1100 year-old Galloway Hoard

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The Egbert Rune. © National Museum Scotland Egbert was here! Name discovered and deciphered from a runic inscription on the spectacular...
Monday, 12 August 2019

Archaeologists find remains of kings’ feasts at Anglo-Saxon royal manor buried beneath beer garden

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An archeological search for an ancient royal manor lasting over a decade has reached its climax beneath a beer garden. A team of scient...
Tuesday, 23 July 2019

'Important' Iron Age settlement found at Warboys dig

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Roman finds include this jug and human remains, including six skeletons Oxford Archaeology East Iron Age roundhouses, Roman burials and...
Sunday, 7 July 2019

Exercise Shallow Grave

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Mary-Ann Ochota joins Archaeologist of the Year,  Richard Osgood and his team of veterans and local archaeologists as they unearth Saxo...
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...