A new study, published in the Quaternary Newsletter journal, suggests that the Bristol Channel was a glacial transport route. This is evidenced by a large glacial erratic discovered in Limeslade…
Category: Archaeology
Byzantine bucket pieces found at Sutton Hoo excavation
Archaeologists have unearthed missing fragments of the Bromeswell bucket, a 6th-century Byzantine artefact first discovered at Sutton Hoo, England, during the 1980s. As part of a two-year research project, excavations…
Archaeologists unearth significant religious treasure
Archaeologists from the University of Innsbruck have uncovered a 1,500-year-old reliquary during excavations of a hilltop settlement in southern Austria. The settlement is located on the summit of Burgbichl, a…
Study reveals West Sussex’s lost kingdom
A new study, led by archaeologists from UCL Archaeology South-East, has revealed evidence of a lost medieval kingdom in West Sussex, England. Following the collapse of Roman Britain, the British…
LiDAR identifies lost settlements in the forests of Campeche
Archaeologists from the National Institute of Anthropology and History (INAH) have identified ancient settlements in the forests of Campeche using LiDAR. Light Detection and Ranging (LiDAR), is a method of…
Golden primrose among new discoveries at Auckland Castle
Archaeologists from the Auckland Project are conducting excavations at Auckland Castle to unearth the home of Sir Arthur Haselrig, a leader of the Parliamentary opposition to Charles I. Haselrig fought…
Viking ship discovered at Jarlsberg Hovedgård
Archaeologists have discovered a Viking ship burial northwest of Tønsberg in Vestfold county, Norway. In 2018, a metal detector survey conducted in a field at Jarlsberg Hovedgård uncovered scattered traces…
Update : Ming Dynasty shipwrecks
The State Administration of Cultural Heritage has released an update on the current recovery efforts of two Ming Dynasty shipwrecks in the South China Sea. The discovery of the two…
Underwater scans reveal lost submerged landscape
Researchers from the Life on the Edge project, a collaboration between the University of Bradford and the University of Split, has revealed a lost submerged landscape off the coast of…
Inside the tomb of the First Emperor
The tomb of the First Emperor, also known as the Mausoleum of the First Qin Emperor, is the burial complex and mausoleum of Qin Shi Huang, the founder of the…
