Smithsonian Magazine

A Woman Buried in an Elaborate Roman Coffin With Precious Grave Goods Was ‘Clearly Cherished by Her Family and Her Community,’ Archaeologists Say

A new exhibition in Colchester, England, site of the first capital of Roman Britain, explores the "Lexden Lady" and her collection of treasures ...
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Archaeologists uncover ‘lost’ home depicted in the Bayeux Tapestry

Often referred to as the world’s most famous medieval artwork, the Bayeux Tapestry is both an intricate illustration of the events leading up to the Norman conquest of England in 1066 and a historical ...
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Very rare sword find leads to discovery of extensive Roman-era settlement in England

What began as an extremely rare discovery of two Roman swords by a metal detectorist has led to an enormous Early-Middle Iron Age find in the Cotswolds in south-west England. Archaeological ...
ZME Science

Metal Detectorist Finds Huge Hoard That May Reveal the Lost Power of Britain’s Iron Age Queens

Anthony Chappel-Ross/York Museums Trust. Late in 2021, a metal detectorist named Peter Heads swept his device across an unass ...
Archaeology

Rural Medieval Moat and Bridge Found in England

GLOUCESTERSHIRE, ENGLAND—BBC News reports that an excavation in western England at the site of Cowfield Farm has uncovered a medieval moat and bridge. Traces of wood from the bridge have been dated to ...
Archaeology

Remains of Thousands of Iron Age Frogs Uncovered in England

CAMBRIDGE, ENGLAND—The Guardian reports that more than 8,000 frog bones were found in a ditch near a roundhouse at Bar Hill, an Iron Age settlement site in the East of England, by researchers from the ...