Category: Archaeology

Is this the skeleton of legendary devil dog Black Shuck who terrorised 16th century East Anglia?

Yesterday, 500 years after Black Shuck first went on the prowl, archaeologists were examining the skeleton of a 7ft long dog unearthed in the remains […]

Volunteers wanted to unearth Saughton Hall remains

UP to 200 members of the public are being recruited to help archaeologists dig up the city’s past.Council chiefs are inviting residents and enthusiasts to […]

Wall paintings recounting Jerusalem’s crusader history revealed

Wall paintings recounting the Crusader history of Jerusalem were recently discovered when the sisters of Saint-Louis Hospital, near the Old City of Jerusalem, were organizing […]

Rare statue of Virgin Mary found buried under church floor

A Limoges statue of the Virgin Mary dating from the 13th century has been found during renovations of a small church in the eastern Jutland […]

Alcohol and drugs: Not just for modern humans

Unlike most modern humans, the prehistoric people of Europe did not use mind-altering substances simply for their hedonistic pleasure. Researchers contend that their use was […]

Mummified Fetus Found in Tiny Ancient Egyptian Sarcophagus

A suspected fake mummy currently on display at an Egypt center in Wales, in fact contains a fetus 12 to 16 weeks into development, CT […]

The creative and often times dirty things Romans wrote on walls

Writing on walls is one of the oldest things humans did – people drew on walls in the stone age, and they still do so […]

Pub culture 14th Century style: Ale tankards and pipes used by drinkers more than 650 years ago unearthed near London Bridge

Rare ale tankards and pipes used by drinkers in London more than 650 years ago have been unearthed near the city’s oldest railway station.As part […]

Buried treasure in Wiltshire

A bottle that was dug up on a farm in Wiltshire has sold at auction for almost £8,000. The farmer who discovered it on his […]

Stone circles found on Virginia property

Concentric stone circles near rocks weighing more than a ton — apparently aligned to mark solar events — are believed to be part of a […]

Found after 500 years, the wreck of Christopher Columbus’s flagship the Santa Maria

More than five centuries after Christopher Columbus’s flagship, the Santa Maria, was wrecked in the Caribbean, archaeological investigators think they may have discovered the vessel’s […]

Mapping medieval miracles

The work of the medieval saint often began even before birth; the earliest text telling the life story of 6th-century Gildas has him making important […]

Bone from ‘Scotland’s dodo’ unearthed during Scottish Seabird Centre dig

A bone from an extinct bird known as “Scotland’s dodo” has been uncovered following an archaeological dig at the Scottish Seabird Centre in East Lothian. […]

Precursor to Paleo-Hebrew Script Discovered in Jerusalem

During the 2012 excavations at the southern wall of the Temple Mount, archaeologist Eilat Mazar discovered an inscription with the earliest alphabet letters ever found […]

Survival and mortality in post-plague London

The medieval Black Death that struck Europe from 1347-1351 CE, has been considered one of the most devastating epidemics in human history. Europe’s populations dwindled […]

Manchester through the ages: Discarded treasures unearthed from four-year dig at Whitworth Park exhibited

Manchester Museum is set to take a trip through the ages by displaying some of the items which have been discarded over the years at […]

A newly discovered, 3,100-year-old Egyptian tomb includes intricate hieroglyphics describing the afterlife

Archeologists have found a tomb dating back to around 1100 B.C. south of Cairo, Egypt’s Antiquities Ministry said Thursday.Antiquities Minister Mohamed Ibrahim said that the […]

A Barbary Ape Skull from Navan Fort, Co. Armagh

Traditionally associated with the kings of Ulster, the great hilltop enclosure of Eamhain Mhacha Navan Fort, Co. Armagh is an early Irish royal site. In […]

The Magical History Tour That Is ‘Pagan Britain’

An expert on past and present paganism, Ronald Hutton revises his 1991 survey of practices in the ancient British Isles to narrow it to Great […]

Archaeologists find 5,600-year-old tomb in Egypt

Egypt said Wednesday archaeologists have unearthed a 5,600-year-old preserved tomb and mummy predating the pharaonic First Dynasty, a discovery that will shed new light on […]

Richard III: MPs in heated debate over final resting place of king’s bones

Calls for calm were needed in Parliament this week when the Richard III row between Leicester and York was re-ignited.The speaker of the House of […]

500-Year-Old ‘Vampire’ Grave Unearthed in Polish Marketplace

Archaeologists have discovered the grave of a suspected vampire in Kamien Pomorski, northwestern Poland.The body, which dates back to the 16th century, was unearthed during […]

Sculptor re-creating face of colonist found in Texas

Little is known about French colonists who lived along the Gulf Coast south of Victoria in the 1680s.But visitors to Victoria College’s Museum of the […]

Israeli archaeologist says he has found King David’s citadel despite skepticism

An Israeli archaeologist says he has found the legendary citadel captured by King David in his conquest of Jerusalem, rekindling a longstanding debate about using […]

Ten Viking Hoard Finds You Haven’t Heard About

The Silverdale hoard and the Vale of York hoard were discussed a lot both in the press and the blogs. However, there are at least […]