A couple find £5,000,000 in one of biggest ever treasure hoards In an area in Somerset, in the West of England, a pair of metal detectorists found their existence when they uncovered a hoard of ancient coins worth about 6 million dollars. The historical discovery, which has been deemed to be one of the greatest … Continue reading A couple find £5,000,000 in one of biggest ever treasure hoards →

Unusual Roman Villa Uncovered in Northern England BBC News reports that a large villa complex with its own bathhouse has been discovered at a construction site in northern England. Keith Emerick of Historic England said the house, which has a circular central room flanked by additional rooms, is the first of its kind to be … Continue reading Unusual Roman Villa Uncovered in Northern England →

In the UK found children’s shoes which is 600 years old A child’s shoe discovered during an excavation in Devon maybe hundreds of years old. When archaeologists discovered the ancient footwear during a dig in Newton Abbot, they were shocked. The leather shoe, which has been well-preserved in the site’s clay soil, maybe from the … Continue reading In the UK found children’s shoes which is 600 years old →

Research uncovers how Christianity changed Anglo-Saxon burial practices In a field three miles south of Cambridge, the bones of a mysterious Anglo-Saxon princess who died thirteen and a half centuries ago have been discovered. She died at the age of 16 and was buried with a small solid gold Christian cross encrusted with garnets on … Continue reading Research uncovers how Christianity changed Anglo-Saxon burial practices →

Seahenge: A Subaquatic Monument of the European Bronze Age Seahenge, which is also known as Holme I, was a prehistoric monument located in the village of Holme-next-the-Sea, near Old Hunstanton in the English county of Norfolk. A timber circle with an upturned tree root in the center, Seahenge was apparently built in the 21st century … Continue reading Seahenge: A Subaquatic Monument of the European Bronze Age →

Victoria Cave: The underground Dales cavern that changed history Victorian excavators were particularly fascinated by ‘bone caves’ where there might be a possibility of finding evidence for the earliest humans along with long-extinct animals. The cavern near Settle is home to the skeletons of mammoths and Roman remains. Described as an ‘archaeologist’s dream’, Victoria Cave … Continue reading Victoria Cave: The underground Dales cavern that changed history →

Traces of Medieval Jewish Diet Uncovered in England According to a statement released by the University of Bristol, analysis of food remains recovered from the medieval Jewish quarter in historic Oxford suggests that the community followed dietary laws known as Kashruth.  Keeping kosher is one of the oldest known diets across the world and, for … Continue reading Traces of Medieval Jewish Diet Uncovered in England →

Medieval ring with a skull emblem found in Wales declared treasure A ‘Memento Mori‘ gold ring engraved with a skull is one of nine stunning medieval and post-medieval objects found in Wales. The ring, found in Carreghofa Community, Powys, would have been kept as a reminder of the inevitability of death.  ‘Memento Mori’ is a … Continue reading Medieval ring with a skull emblem found in Wales declared treasure →

Rabbits Uncover 9,000-Year-old Artifacts on a Welsh island A group of rabbits inadvertently uncovered a hoard of 9,000-year-old Stone and Bronze Age artefacts hidden on the small Welsh island of Skokholm this month, in a first-of-its-kind discovery. Skokholm Island sits in the Celtic Sea to the west of mainland Wales and is two miles off … Continue reading Rabbits Uncover 9,000-Year-old Artifacts on a Welsh island →