This is a Roman enamelled copper-alloy strap fitting, believed to date to c.AD 100-300. It was found this past winter by metal-detectorist Dave Arveschoug near Middle Rasen in Lincolnshire. Although most of its original edge has been worn away, the object largely retains its original disc shape. It is relatively…
The first trench revealed the deep V-shaped profiles of the three ditches, highlighting how heavily fortified the site was…
The military museum, based in Gillingham, is the largest of its kind in Kent and contains many exhibitions telling the story of Britain’s military engineers from the Roman period through to the modern Corps of Royal Engineers.…
York Archaeological Trust, which also trades under the name York Archaeology, has launched a new community project at the former Willow House care home in the Walmgate area of York, specifically designed to improve participants’ health and wellbeing while teaching them new skills in archaeology.…
These tracks could offer concrete evidence that humans reached North America before glacial advances closed the ice-free corridor and Pacific Coastal Route…
Across the country, plague victims were lodged in basic pesthouses constructed during earlier outbreaks.…
Napoleon in Exile at the Fusilier Museum in Bury tells the story of the military leader’s final years and will include several personal items which have never been on display in the UK before.…
The 1722 Waggonway Project has discovered three phases of early wooden railway in East Lothian…
Each of the bodies showed signs of serious injury and were buried with swords, maces, and arrows.…
A tomb belonging to King Djoser, an ancient Egyptian pharaoh who lived in the Third Dynasty, over 4,500 years ago, has recently reopened to the public after extensive restoration work.…
A set of gold rosary beads carried by Mary, Queen of Scots to her execution in 1587 were among the items stolen…
Individual 24 was found to have at least 790 wounds made at around the time of death…
The travertine stone bears an inscription detailing Claudius’ titles and honours…
It is believed that the pyramid’s creation was connected to the TBJ eruption as volcanoes and mountains were sacred to the Maya. The structure may have served some kind of religious function, perhaps it was even intended to guard against future eruptions.…
A multidisciplinary project that uses a wide range of techniques to study ancient Egyptian mummies is shedding new light on the secrets hidden beneath their wrappings, as Marzena Oz.arek-Szilke, Marcin Jaworski, Wojciech Ejsmond, and Stanisl´aw Szilke explain.…
Two deposits of spectacular bronze artefacts dating back to the 9th century BC represent the latest discoveries made during a series of archaeological excavations and surveys conducted in the Allier department of central France since 2019.…
Inscriptions were also found on the walls of several buildings, with passages from biblical and early Christian texts written in Greek.…
The armour is the property of National Trust's Snowshill Manor in Gloucestershire and is part of the largest collection of its kind in the UK.…
One of the most exciting discoveries was that of a massive square pit burial holding the skeletal remains of a horse and a wolf-sized dog…
The coffin, thought to date back c. 4,000 years, was crafted from a hollowed-out oak tree trunk…