The text represents one of the earliest-known translations of the Gospels.…
The mosaic will now be carefully preserved in situ with the whole excavated surface re-covered using materials that will protect the tiles from any wear or damage in the future.…
Who used this huge bathhouse is not clear, but finds including 34 carved intaglios, more than 100 hairpins, multiple gaming counters, and fine glass beads within the drains, as well as vaulting tubes hint at a rich, non-military clientele.…
Investigations by Cotswold Archaeology revealed finds spanning the Mesolithic through to the modern period, with the majority of the remains relating to a medieval farmstead with associated enclosures and trackways…
One of the interments contained a lead coffin with a female occupant; such coffins are relatively uncommon in Britain, and would probably have been expensive.…
Fragments of Trevisker ware pottery, with slightly different styles perhaps reflecting the different phases of the site, were found throughout each of the four roundhouses.…
Radiocarbon dating revealed that the fabric dated to AD 1500-1655, with a 95.4% probability that it came from 1500-1600, confirming it as the oldest-known piece of tartan.…
The study suggests that the archaeological sites of Apollonia, Ptolemais, and Tocra are at risk of extensive erosion.…
The museum will be set within the archaeological remains of The Curtain Playhouse – once home to Shakespeare’s theatre company…
‘As our community comes together to explore this important site, we hope to also reveal voices that have important lessons to teach us about our country’s roots.’…
Until now, evidence of drug use in prehistoric Europe has mostly been derived from archaeobotanical remains, artistic depictions, and chemical analysis of artefacts…
Inside the cist tomb were the remains of a man and a woman, thought to have died in their 30s…
The inscription appears next to the image of a man – possibly a king or warlord named Jaga or Jagaz – on an early 5th-century bracteate…
Known today as Tello, Girsu is one of the oldest cities in the world.…
Moai are monolithic stone statues with elongated human faces, thought to have been created by Rapa Nui’s ancestral inhabitants more than 500 years ago.…
Radiocarbon dating found that a date of c.1500-1600 was probable…
Elements were added by local weavers according to their own regional design traditions…
At another English cathedral, that of Exeter, excavations have revealed Roman remains…
The international ScanPyramids team has published a paper revealing more details about one of the voids discovered in the Pyramid of Khufu in 2016/2017 (see ‘News’, AE 93). Several large anomalies were discovered after the pyramid was bombarded with radiographic muon particles, a non-invasive method of visualising the pyramid’s internal…
The complex dates to the 2nd and 3rd centuries AD.…