In last month’s column, I examined a series of sites legacy of the Norman Conquest. One of these was Westminster Abbey, which…
A project to record the prehistoric decoration on the supposedly Bronze Age Trefael stone has revealed the deliberate cannibalisation of an earlier…
Rapid erosion has revealed spectacular Neolithic and Bronze Age archaeology on the coast of Westray, Orkney. Contemporary with the Ness of…
A new free exhibition dedicated to the search for Richard III opened today (8 Feb) at Leicester’s Guildhall. Richard III: Leicester’s search…
While browsing the web for fun archaeological things to share with our readers (it is Friday, after all!) we stumbled on this…
Two days after unveiling a reconstruction of the face of Richard III, Leicester experts have now recreated how Greyfriars, his final resting…
More than 500 years after his death, members of the public can look King Richard III in the eye once more, following…
The human remains found beneath a city centre carpark last August are 'beyond reasonable doubt' those of Richard III.…
Is this the skull of Richard III? Today (4 February) the University of Leicester, with Channel 4, unveiled the world’s first photograph…
In ‘Sherds’, CA 275, we brought you the story of ‘George’, a sarcophagus lid now housed by the University of Birmingham’s archaeology…
In CA 273 we shared the story of HMS Namur, the 18th century Royal Navy warship found beneath the floorboards of the…