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Archaeology students unearth an early medieval burial pit during a training dig in England
For several years, Cambridge University’s archaeology department has partnered with the local charity Cambridge Past, Present ...
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'Nothing quite like it': UK Treasure Act names Roman carriage ornament Essex's first 'treasure'
According to the Act, archaeological finds can be given the status of Treasure if they are deemed to be of historical, archaeological, or cultural importance.
Archaeologists discovered a rare Celtic battle trumpet possibly tied to Queen Boudica's tribe in Norfolk, England — one of ...
A new ancient-DNA study suggests the Bronze Age people who transformed Britain around 2400 BC didn’t arrive from Iberia, as older narratives of the “Bell Beaker” story sometimes implied. Instead, ...
When the HS2 railway was first announced, a lot of people were understandably thrilled. The railway is supposed to link Britain’s two largest cities, London and Birmingham, via a new, high-speed ...
The mass grave was uncovered during a University of Cambridge training excavation at Wandlebury, an Iron Age hillfort just south of the city. The burial pit itself measured roughly four meters by one ...
The picturesque landscape around Loch Lomond has long been celebrated for its natural beauty, including the slopes of Ben ...
Unusually dry conditions are revealing the outlines of old walls at British historical sites. Climate change is making the lines, called “parchmarks,” more frequently visible. By Amelia Nierenberg ...
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Rare medieval seal discovered in UK is inscribed with 'Richard's secret' and bears a Roman-period gemstone
The Gosfield seal is made of a medieval silver seal bezel surrounding an ancient Roman gemstone.
ZME Science reports that a metal detectorist recovered a four-inch copper-alloy carriage ornament in Essex. The figure, now ...
SUFFOLK, ENGLAND—According to a BBC News report, a hoard of coins was discovered in eastern England during an investigation conducted ahead of a construction project by Andrew Pegg of Oxford Cotswold ...
A hill on the west Cumbrian coast could be the long-sought burial mound of Ivarr the Boneless, one of the most powerful ...
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