Stunningly Well-Preserved Arrows With Feathers Revealed By Melting Ice Sheets In Norway A spectacularly preserved arrow from the Iron Age — complete with its iron arrowhead, sinew wrappings and aerodynamic feather fletching — is now in the hands of glacial archaeologists in Norway. It’s rare for arrow fletching to preserve, as the delicate feathers that … Continue reading Stunningly Well-Preserved Arrows With Feathers Revealed By Melting Ice Sheets In Norway →

Skeletons in Dutch Mass Grave Are British Soldiers More than 80 British soldiers who were buried in a mass grave in the Netherlands 200 years ago died of disease rather than during combat, archaeologists have revealed. The mass grave, which contains 82 skeletons, was found by chance in the town of Vianen in November 2020. … Continue reading Skeletons in Dutch Mass Grave Are British Soldiers →

Major discovery: Iron Age complex found under a house in Turkey village, says study A bungled looting scheme has led archaeologists to an underground Iron Age complex in Turkey that may have been used by a fertility cult during the first millennium B.C., a new study finds. The ancient complex, which has yet to be … Continue reading Major discovery: Iron Age complex found under a house in Turkey village, says study →

18th-Century Bones of Sick Soldiers Identified in the Netherlands Eighty-two skeletons found in a mass grave in the Dutch city of Vianen were mainly British soldiers who died of illness in an 18th Century field hospital, archaeologists say. The remains were found outside the city’s old wall in November 2020 and then researched by forensic … Continue reading 18th-Century Bones of Sick Soldiers Identified in the Netherlands →