A round-up of some of the latest archaeology news from around the UK.…
Iron Age child’s shoe Excavations in a prehistoric salt mine in Dürrnberg, Austria, have uncovered a well-preserved shoe – roughly a UK child’s size 12.5 – dated to the 2nd century BC. The discovery was made by the German Mining Museum Bochum, who have been carrying out research into the…
Survey records 30 wrecks sunk during Operation Dynamo Over the course of two weeks in September and October, DRASSM (the French marine heritage agency), in partnership with Historic England, carried out a survey of 30 shipwrecks sunk during Operation Dynamo, which saw the mass evacuation of 338,000 Allied soldiers from…
Conserving more than 26,000 shells in Devon For the past year, staff from the National Trust have been working to conserve the tens of thousands of marine materials – including shells, bones, coral, and starfish – that decorate the interior of the Shell Gallery at A la Ronde, a 16-sided…
An Ice Age mystery In 1999, archaeologists working in Hohle Fels cave in southern Germany discovered the head of a 35,000-year-old ivory figurine, believed to depict a horse. Recent excavations have now produced part of the figurine’s missing body, which has thrown this interpretation into question. The newly discovered fragment,…
Europe’s first commercial steamship scheduled The wreck of the Comet – a wooden paddle steamer, created by Henry Bell in the early 19th century – has recently been designated as a scheduled monument by Historic Environment Scotland. It was built by John Wood & Sons in the Port of Glasgow…
A round-up of some of the latest news from the world of ancient Egypt.…
Euston cemetery burials reinterred in Surrey At the end of June, more than 14,000 burials that had been excavated from St James’s Gardens in Euston in advance of HS2 (see CA 398) were reburied at Brookwood Cemetery in Surrey. Prayers were led by The Rev. Neil Hopkins, Vicar of Brookwood,…
A round-up of some of the latest archaeology news from around the UK.…
Painting the zodiac Colourful ceiling paintings including the signs of the zodiac have been revealed at the temple of Esna in Egypt. Executed in relief, the images also depict planets and other constellations, snakes, crocodiles, and hybrid creatures such as a four-winged bird with a crocodile’s head and snake’s tail.…
A round-up of some of the latest news from the world of ancient Egypt.…
A round-up of some of the latest archaeological discoveries from around the globe.…
A round-up of some of the latest archaeology news from across the UK…
A round-up of some of the latest archaeological discoveries from across the globe.…
A round-up of some of the latest discoveries from across the globe.…
A round-up of some of the latest archaeology news from around the UK.…
A round-up of some of the latest news from the ancient Egyptian world.…
A round-up of some of the latest archaeology news from around the world.…
A round-up of some of the latest archaeology news from around the UK.…
A round-up of some of the latest archaeological news from across the globe.…