What begins with a simple dig many times results in incredible discoveries. A similar mundane excavation incident in 1939 yielded one of the greatest discoveries made within European archaeology. This ...

There are certain accoutrements that rulers across time appear to have agreed are necessary symbols of power. You probably want a crown, which might be made of precious metal, leaves, or possibly even ...

LONDON -- It's an unprecedented find that could revolutionize ideas about medieval England's Germanic rulers: An amateur treasure hunter searching a farmer's field with a metal detector unearthed a ...

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Research into an 8th Century Anglo-Saxon monastery is set to continue following National Lottery funding. University of Reading archaeologists have been excavating Cookham Abbey, a monastery ruled by ...

On the upper floor of the British Museum, in a gallery containing early medieval artifacts, most visitors will congregate around the swords, helmets, drinking horns and lyres. To a few, however, ...

Archaeologists have found artefacts covering thousands of years of Nottinghamshire's past in early work ahead of a major road scheme. A team working prior to the widening of the A46 has excavated more ...