After last month’s column on Westminster Cathedral, I will continue my ecclesiastical theme this month by exploring three of the great religious…
A selection of archaeology-related activities and resources that you can enjoy from your sofa, and places you can visit in person.…
This month, we are examining acoustic properties of Stonehenge – a first for ‘Science Notes’, and an area that is seldom considered…
After extensive research, Dr Chris Caple from Durham University has determined that the Yarm helmet – discovered in the 1950s by workmen…
A Neolithic timber circle has recently been identified in Somerset near the village of Priddy. It is the first such monument to…
A lead vessel bearing early Christian iconography has been discovered at Vindolanda. It is the first cup or chalice to be found…
Recent excavation of the North Green at Westminster Abbey has revealed the remains of the Great Sacristy, built in the 1250s on…
Earlier this year, excavations on two sections of the N73 between the historic towns of Mallow and Mitchelstown in the north of…
A recent study has detected a previously unknown ancient clade of the variola virus (VARV) – the causative agent of smallpox –…
A lack of sources regarding the Anglo-Saxon kingdom of Mercia has often led to it being overshadowed by other contemporary kingdoms, such…
Neanderthals must be the most-familiar members of our extended family tree. Since the first discoveries of their bones in the 1850s (a…