Saturday, 24 July 2021

Deposed Ninth-Century King May Have Called This Cave Dwelling Home

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Researchers previously thought the cave was an 18th-century folly, or decorative structure constructed to enhance the natural landscape. (Ma...
Wednesday, 21 July 2021

Exiled Medieval Anglo-Saxon King May Have Lived as Hermit in 9th-Century Cave Dwelling

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Anchor Church cave may have belonged to a 9th-century king turned saint. COURTESY ROYAL AGRICULATURAL UNIVERSITY Archaeologists have identif...
Wednesday, 12 May 2021

Cerne Abbas Giant may have been carved into hill over 1000 years ago

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The Cerne Abbas Giant National Trust Images/Mike Calnan/James Dobson A mysterious chalk carving of a huge, naked man on an English hillside ...

Cerne Abbas Giant: Why the Anglo-Saxons created England’s most macho hillside chalk figure

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The giant, carved in solid lines from the chalk bedrock, measures in at 55 metres high, and carries a huge knobbled club, which measures 37 ...
Sunday, 21 March 2021

Long read | The man at Sutton Hoo

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Note: This long read was written in 2015. Professor Campbell died in 2016 and his article is published posthumously with full permission and...
Sunday, 7 February 2021

The Dig: Archive shows real-life archaeologist from Netflix film

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Archive footage from a 1965 BBC documentary shows the real-life archaeologist who discovered Anglo-Saxon treasures at Sutton Hoo. Basil Brow...

The Dig: Pandemic delays Woodbridge Sutton Hoo replica ship build

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The Sutton Hoo Ship's Company wants to build a lifesize replica of the 1,400-year-old Anglo-Saxon ship  The Sutton Hoo Ship's Compan...
Wednesday, 3 February 2021

Inside 'The Dig': how the star-studded film squares with reality of Sutton Hoo

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Ralph Fiennes as Basil Brown in The Dig. © Netflix 2021 This month sees the release of The Dig, a star-studded Netflix film about the discov...
Monday, 1 February 2021

Cambridge Anglo-Saxon graveyard found under King's College halls

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Archelogists uncovered the graves after the 1930s halls were demolished KING'S COLLEGE/DRONESCAPES An Anglo-Saxon graveyard with "h...
Sunday, 31 January 2021

'Find of the century': medieval hoard of treasures unearthed in Cambridge

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The human remains found at the Cambridge site are remarkably well preserved in the alkaline soil. Photograph: Albion Archaeology  Graves fou...
Friday, 29 January 2021

Rare Scraps of Mineralized Anglo-Saxon Textiles Found in England

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A fragment of 1,500-year-old cloth is still attached to a metal brooch found at the site.  (Courtesy of the Museum of London Archaeology) La...

Astonishing Anglo-Saxon artefact!

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This rare and exciting fragment of Anglo-Saxon sculpture was found on an archaeological excavation at Mark Rake, Bromborough, Wirral in late...
Wednesday, 27 January 2021

Significant Anglo-Saxon Cemetery And Settlement Found In Overstone, Northamptonshire

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Aerial view of the excavation at Overstone [Credit: MOLA] A team from the Museum of London Archaeology (MOLA) have excavated the largest Ang...
Sunday, 17 January 2021

New Insights From Original Domesday Survey Revealed

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  A new interpretation of the survey behind Domesday Book—the record of conquered England compiled on the orders of William the Conqueror in...
Thursday, 14 January 2021

Grave goods including weapons found at large Anglo-Saxon cemetery uncovered in Northamptonshire

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  Archaeologists uncovered the site during pre-construction planning requirements. More than 150 burials were found and many contained grave...
Monday, 21 December 2020

£1m grant to investigate secrets of Viking-age Galloway hoard uncovered by metal detectorist

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  pieces from the 10th-century treasure trove, known as the Galloway Hoard, which was found by a metal detectorist in a field in Dumfries an...

Researchers win £1m grant to unlock secrets of Viking-era treasure trove

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The Galloway Hoard has been acquired by National Museums Scotland. Photograph: National Museums Scotland/PA  Researchers in Scotland hope to...
Saturday, 24 October 2020

CBA Festival of Archaeology

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  The Council of British Archaeology’s Festival of Archaeology runs from 24 October to 1 November.  The situation with the Corona Virus mean...
Tuesday, 13 October 2020

Anglo-Saxon girl had her nose and lips cut off as punishment, shows skull

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  Skull of young Anglo-Saxon girl, front view with cuts and back view with unfused sutures [Credit: Garrard Cole, Antiquity] An Anglo-Saxon ...
Tuesday, 6 October 2020

Marlow warlord's remains part of 'key archaeological site'

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The burial site is believed to date from the 6th century AD PETE BRYANT The discovery of a warrior warlord's burial site could change hi...