Rare Roman Villa discovered near Peterborough England
Now Oxford Archaeology East and archaeologists from Peterborough City Council have announced the discovery of a 2nd Century Roman Villa and farm complex discovered at
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Roman spintria from the banks of the Thames
Roman spintria found on the banks of the Thames. HeritageDaily Archaeology News Press Release
China’s tomb raiders laying waste to thousands of years of history
Bulldozers and dynamite used to strip priceless artefacts from remote sites, with booty sold on to wealthy collectors
Football Was For Real Men In Tudor England!!!
An Oxford University academic is leading a project to study coroners' reports of accidental deaths in Tudor England and it shows that football was the
Glastonbury tankard returns home
Lavishly carved 16th-century oak cup was given to Arundells of Wardour for safekeeping during dissolution of monasteries
Cambridge gives Newton papers to the world
Isaac Newton’s own annotated copy of his Principia Mathematica is among his notebooks and manuscripts being made available online by Cambridge University Library.
The disappearance of the elephant caused the rise of modern man
Dietary change led to the appearance of modern humans in the Middle East 400,000 years ago, say TAU researchers Elephants have long been known to
Wessex Archaeology Help Injured Servicemen And Women
Staff in Wessex Archaeology's Salisbury office are taking part in a pilot project entitled 'Operation Nightingale' to explore the potential of using archaeology as a
Evidence for early ‘bedding’ and the use of medicinal plants at a South African rock shelter
An international team of archaeologists is reporting 77,000-year-old evidence for preserved plant bedding and the use of insect-repelling plants in a rock shelter in South
News About The Cat Mummy At National Archaeological Museum of Parma
National Archaeological Museum of Parma (Palace of Pillotta) will hold a conference to present the public with interesting news emerged from the study of the
An Award For Sexuality In Cold War East Germany
Three historians from the University of Bristol are celebrating success in the Fraenkel Prize in Contemporary History, awarded by the Wiener Library, London.
New exhibition reveals rarely seen account of life – and death – in 17th century London
A new exhibition opens today featuring some of the most remarkable treasures from 350 years of book collecting at the Royal Society.
€4.3 million project to examine history of the transatlantic slave trade
Two University of Bristol archaeologists are part of EUROTAST, a new European-funded network which will bring together an unprecedented range of young researchers to examine
EU Launch Consultation On Cultural Crime
The European Commission launched a public consultation on ways to improve the safe-keeping of cultural goods and the return between Member States of national treasures
‘Skin Bones’ Helped Large Dinosaurs Survive for a Time, Study Finds
Bones contained entirely within the skin of some of the largest dinosaurs on Earth might have stored vital minerals to help the massive creatures survive
New Project Protects Bone Collection For Future Generations
The University of Bradford has secured almost £750K to safeguard skeletons from world-renowned collections based in Bradford and London.
A Death By A Thousand Kisses, The Grave Of Oscar Wilde is Saved
For over 100 year his grave has been a Mecca for admirers of the Irish playwright and author who wish to honor and remember this
Discoveries provide evidence of a celestial procession at Stonehenge
Archaeologists led by the University of Birmingham with the Ludwig Boltzmann Institute for Archaeological Prospection have discovered evidence of two huge pits positioned on celestial
New exhibition captures historic residency at Stirling Castle
The remarkable success of Historic Scotland’s artist-in-residence project is being celebrated with a new exhibition at Stirling Castle, where works inspired by the iconic landmark
Conservation Works to Mound on Hill of Tara
Heritage Daily, Mound of the Hostages, Hill of Tara, County Meath, Ireland, Archaeology, Jimmy Deenihan
Skellig Michael New Excavations
The National Monuments Service of Ireland over the summer completed a major investigation of the island monastic site of Skellig Michael which has cast further
Nile rock art is at least 15,000 years old
The Qurta rock art - a series of carved images of birds, animals and some human figures - is at least 15,000 years old, according