Friday, 28 April 2023

Collectors guilty of illegal plot to sell historic Anglo-Saxon coins abroad

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Two metal detectorists have been found guilty of hatching an illegal plot to sell Anglo-Saxon coins of “immense historical significance” abr...
Tuesday, 18 April 2023

People were decapitated in Anglo-Saxon England crudely, study finds

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If just being executed in Anglo-Saxon England was not bad enough, it seems that those unlucky victims of beheading would also have to deal w...
Monday, 17 April 2023

The Medieval Agricultural Revolution: New Evidence

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The Medieval Agricultural Revolution: New Evidence Lecture by Helena Hamerow Given at Gresham College on March 23, 2023 Abstract: During the...

Viking Shieldmaidens & Berserkers: Fact vs. Fiction

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Did Viking Shieldmaidens and Berserkers really exist? How accurately are they portrayed in popular media? Viking berserkers and shieldmaiden...

Vikings: Raiders, Traders and Settlers (Online)

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Vikings: Raiders, Traders and Settlers (Online) Wed 03 May 2023 - Fri 14 Jul 2023 Online course offered by The University of Oxford Using a ...
Monday, 27 February 2023

The end of Roman Britain | HistoryExtra podcast series

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The end of Roman Britain: introduction, and a mystery mosaic Join us for episode one in our series examining what happened in Britain as Rom...

Wulf and Eadwacer: why I think I’ve solved the mystery of this Old English poem

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Odoacer (left) and Theoderic (right) in a woodcut from the Hartmann Schedel (1493).  INTERFOTO / Alamy Stock Photo Wulf and Eadwacer occupie...

William The Conqueror: Ruthless And Powerful Ruler Who Changed Britain Forever

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William the Conqueror & Harold II swearing - 11th century.  Image: Adobe Stock - Erica Guilane-Nachez William was the son of Herleva and...
Sunday, 19 February 2023

The Meols Pub Boat: a hypothesis

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Satellite view of the Railway Inn Pub. The position of the vessel is marked by an ellipse.  In 2007 Ground Penetrating Radar confirmed the e...
Saturday, 18 February 2023

Could there be a Viking boat buried underneath a Wirral pub carpark?

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80 years ago when the pub was built, workers made a discovery which is thought could be a Viking boat Dominga Dett, Chair of Wirral Archaeol...

ARCHAEOLOGISTS INVESTIGATE ANCIENT BOAT BURIED BENEATH CAR PARK

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ARCHAEOLOGISTS FROM THE UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM ARE INVESTIGATING AN ANCIENT BOAT BURIED BENEATH A PUB CAR PARK IN WIRRAL, ENGLAND. The boa...
Thursday, 16 February 2023

How medieval monasteries survived Viking raids

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Lyminge Archaeology | Twitter | Fair Use Archaeologists now claim that English monasteries were more resilient to Viking attacks than previo...
Thursday, 2 February 2023

Viking warriors sailed the seas with their pets, bone analysis finds

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A Viking burial mound at Heath Wood being excavated. (Image credit: Julian Richards, University of York) A Viking cemetery in England doesn...

Vikings brought their animals to England, research suggests

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Excavations at Heath Wood in Derbyshire, the only known large-scale Viking cremation site in the British Isles. Photograph: Handout Experts ...

Vikings brought horses and dogs to England, cremated bones confirm

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Excavations at Heath Wood in England Julian Richards, University of York The first physical proof that Vikings brought horses and dogs to En...

First Solid Scientific Evidence That Vikings Brought Animals To Britain

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Viking burial mound at Heath Wood, Derbyshire, UK, being excavated. Credit: Julian Richards, University of York. Archaeologists have found w...

Study: Some Vikings Brought Horses and Dogs To Britain

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Cremation leaves behind bone fragments like these, which can still reveal information about their geographic origin, if not much else.Julian...

Horses and dogs sailed with Vikings to Britain, say scientists

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Vikings sailing from Scandinavia to England brought horses, dogs and perhaps even pigs with them, according to analysis of bone remains. Inv...
Wednesday, 1 February 2023

Medieval English monasteries found ways to survive Viking attacks, archaeologists find

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English monasteries were more resilient to Viking attacks than previously thought, archaeologists have concluded. ​ Lyminge, a monastery in ...
Tuesday, 31 January 2023

New Evidence Vikings Failed To Wipe Out Communities And Anglo-Saxon Monasteries

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  St Paul's Church, Jarrow. Credit: Adobe Stock - Electric Egg Ltd. The new evidence is presented after a detailed examination of archae...