Board-game piece from the period of first Viking raid found on Lindisfarne, England. The first wave of Viking raids in England has announced a small glass crown as a rare archaeological artifact. On the holy island of Lindisfarne, a tidal island located off the north-western coast of England in Northumberland, a small working glass artifact … Continue reading Board-game piece from the period of first Viking raid found on Lindisfarne →

Hidden Drawing Beneath Leonardo Da Vinci’s Painting Virgin Of The Rocks And Unknown Handprints Discovered Scientists at the London National Gallery have utilized state-of-the-art methods to uncover a hidden drawing beneath Leonardo da Vinci’s The Virgin of the Rocks. This reveals that after the original design was drawn up, the great artist and his assistants … Continue reading Hidden Drawing Beneath Leonardo Da Vinci’s Painting Virgin Of The Rocks And Unknown Handprints Discovered →

Possible 18th-Century Sailor’s Skeleton Unearthed near buried porpoise in Guernsey However, after closer inspections of his buttons, particularly the archeologists have pointed out that he will actually be a marine sailor from the Royal British Navy and that they think he died about 1760, the remains found in Chapelle Dom Hue at first it was thought to … Continue reading Possible 18th-Century Sailor’s Skeleton Unearthed near buried porpoise in Guernsey- →

Detectorists unearth record-breaking haul of 69,347 Iron Age coins after a 30-year search The biggest coin hoards found in the British Isles are recorded by treasure hunters, after unearthing 69,347 Roman and Celtic coins that were buried three feet beneath a hedge in Jersey, Channel Isles. Reg Mead and Richard Miles spent 30 years looking … Continue reading Detectorists unearth record-breaking haul of 69,347 Iron Age coins after a 30-year search →

125 Million-Year-Old Dinosaur Tail Found In Isle Of Wight Cliff At the bottom of a crumbling cliff on the Isle of Wight was a fossilized tail from a dinosaur that roamed the World 125 million years ago. In the base of a cliff-side in the area of Brighstone were found the fossilized remains of the … Continue reading 125 Million-Year-Old Dinosaur Tail Found In Isle Of Wight Cliff →

Rare 17th Century Wine Bottles Worth a Fortune Unearthed in England After being mistakenly dug up at a building site, a garden of Gold-encrusted 17th-century wine bottles will be auctioned at £ 20000 for the leading price. Seven ‘ extremely rare ‘ curved bottles of black glass have been unearthed from the clay during construction … Continue reading Rare 17th Century Wine Bottles Worth a Fortune Unearthed in England →

Europe’s Oldest Intact Book Is Discovered Inside the Coffin of a Saint After having been shut up inside a hermit monk’s tomb for more than 400 years, the oldest preserved book in Europe was found. The exhibition will be portrayed in the British Library, featuring prize manuscripts like the Lindisfarne Gospels and Beowulf. The show is … Continue reading The Curious Reason Europe’s Oldest Intact Book Was Found In The Coffin Of An “Undecayed” Saint →

Anglo-Saxon Abbey where Lusty King Edgar was Crowned, Found! The ruins of two stone buildings found during restoration work at Bath Abbey by Wessex Archeology specialist, it was discovered during renovation work at Bath Abbey, to the 8th – 10th century. It is probably part of the Anglo-Saxon monastery where King Edgar was crowned as the first King … Continue reading Anglo-Saxon Abbey where Lusty King Edgar was Crowned, Found! →

Archaeologists discover a crude ancient weapon that could kill a man with a single blow When many months ago, in England, an old wooden club was yanked from its watery grave in the River Thames in England, archaeologists didn’t quite know what to make of it. The blunt tool, which is supposed to happen between … Continue reading Archaeologists discover a crude ancient weapon that could kill a man with a single blow →