The 2,500-year-old fortifications are perched on the edge of a cliff, and are fast disappearing due to processes of natural coastal erosion.…
The project ends in December, but the team are still looking for more places to excavate. For more information, see www.thebishopbigdig.com.…
Strontium (Sr) isotope analysis has been used in archaeology for several decades now to assess movement and migration at both the individual and population level. To be as accurate as possible, however, it requires a strong baseline knowledge of the biologically available strontium in the regions from which the samples…
The team has unearthed evidence of settlements ranging in date from the Neolithic to the medieval period, though most features relate to the Bronze and Iron Age (c.1500 BC-AD 100).…
‘While the population of Cookham would have been considerably smaller than contemporary London... there are similarities in the way in which this monastery was organised, reflecting its importance as a place of trade and production'…
The installation is part of the HW1900 Festival and will be open to the public until 30 October.…
It is one of the largest turrets yet discovered, and the only known example lying east of Newcastle.…
The study sheds light on how the hallucinogenic drug was used in Late Bronze Age burial customs.…
The settlement has been dated to the Early Classic Period (c. AD 250-600).…
Leading historians and marine archaeologists will deliver talks on the history of Henry VIII's warship as part of a commemoration programme hosted by the Mary Rose Trust…
The garden was gifted to the National Trust in 1962, and now welcomes more than 85,000 visitors every year.…
According to Slavic folklore, sharp instruments such as sickles could be used to decapitate the deceased should it try to leave its grave.…
Experimental archaeologists have recreated a famous ancient Egyptian perfume known as the Mendesian in a lab, using ingredients mentioned in Classical sources.…
A new study is using Indigenous pottery to find out more about travel between the islands of the Caribbean throughout history.…
The conference will take place at the Riverfront Theatre and Arts Centre on Tuesday, October 11 this year.…
The infection was identified in a hunter-gatherer who lived c.100,000 years ago, and was excavated from a cave in Morocco.…
Occupation of the fortress appears to have been relatively short-lived, with the main phase of activity probably dating to the 1st century BC.…
Researchers discovered that many of the bones had been modified – shaved down, polished, perforated, or filled with lead – in order to improve the roll of the dice.…
The recipe in question is recorded in an ancient Chinese text known as the Kaogong ji, which is believed to be the world’s first encyclopaedia of technology, probably dating to c.300 BC.…
The study found that the plaza would have been underwater for most if not all of the year at the time of the site’s creation.…