In 2018, workers building a major English highway uncovered giant Ice Age bones that revealed Britain sits on an ancient mammoth territory

A Cambridgeshire highway project crew unearthed massive Ice Age mammoth bones, revealing a prehistoric landscape. This ...

Archaeologists found an intact Anglo-Saxon burial chamber in Essex, challenging old ‘dark ages’ views

The recent discovery of a well-preserved Anglo-Saxon burial chamber in Essex challenges traditional views on the 'Dark Ages', ...

Medieval ‘hugging skeletons’ confirmed as Poland’s first known same-sex double burial

A strange pair of “hugging skeletons” unearthed next to a 13th-century Polish cathedral has been confirmed to be the ...
Ever After in the Woods

This Historic Maine Village Will Take You Straight Back To The 1600s

Explore a hidden Maine historic site with ancient foundations, harbor views, a fort tower, and stories that make early ...
Chester Standard

University of Chester secures cash for amphitheatre project

ROMAN Chester is being brought back to life through immersive technology. A new project, led by the University of Chester and ...
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 ...
All That's Interesting

An Ancient Roman Phallus Keepsake Was Just Found During Excavations At A Cricket Club In England

During excavations in Carlisle, England, archaeologists discovered an inch-long bronze phallus that was likely worn as a good ...

Pompeii Victim Found Holding 'Medical Kit' Was Likely a Doctor, New Research Suggests

A man who died during the eruption of Mount Vesuvius in 79 A.D. was likely to have been a doctor, say scientists who analyzed ...
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 ...
New England Public Media

Activists say Israel tries to expel a whole Palestinian neighborhood in East Jerusalem

Israeli authorities are issuing Palestinians demolition orders in East Jerusalem at an accelerated rate since Israel launched ...

Archaeologists Found Material Worth More Than Gold in an Ancient Burial

The dye used to color the robes was only worn by emperors and the wildly rich—so its use in the burials of two infants raised ...
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An Archaeologist Found Dozens Of Religious Artifacts In An English River — And Now He Knows Why

For years, Gary Bankhead kept finding dozens of religious relics clustered within one section of England's River Wear — and ...