Examining a new addition to the Hadrian’s Wall ‘souvenir’ vessels Over the last 300 years, a handful of enamelled bronze vessels, most…
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…
Charlotte Golledge’s book takes us on a tour of the burial places of Edinburgh. For each cemetery, she provides a small precis…
In April 2010, a metal-detectorist found a pot containing 52,503 Roman coins near Frome in Somerset. As one of the largest hoards…