Very strange Gallo roman horse and human burials at Evreux (Eure) France.
Very strange Gallo roman horse and human burials at Evreux (Eure) France. A team from the Insтιтut National d’archéologie preventive (Inrap) has discovered a mortuary practice hitherto unknown in Roman Gaul. The archaeologists are working in an area of 200m2 intended for the construction of a private house at Evreux (Eure). The earliest traces of …
Medieval Sugarcane crusher Found in Northern India
Medieval Sugarcane crusher Found in Northern India The archaeology department of Aligarh Muslim University (AMU) has excavated a “stone sugarcane crusher” of the late medieval period. AGRA, INDIA—The Times of India reports that a stone sugar mill has been unearthed on farmland in northern India. Manvendra Kumar Pundhir of Aligarh Muslim University said medieval sugar mills …
Second Viking Ship Burial Detected on Norway’s Edoya Island
Second Viking Ship Burial Detected on Norway’s Edoya Island The georadar study completed on Edoya Island off the coast of Western Norway revelated a second burial of the Viking ship, according to Archaeology Org. Oslo, Norway. On the tiny island, the ship burial was discovered known as the Edoya ship. Manuel Gabler of the Norwegian Insтιтute for …
Bronze Age logboat remains found at Faversham boatyard
Bronze Age logboat remains found at Faversham boatyard In a Cambridgeshire quarry in the suburbs of Peterborough, a group of eight ancient vessels, including a float about nine meters long. The boats, all purposely sunk more than 3,000 years ago, are the largest group of vessels in the Bronze Age in the same UK, most …
A 1,800-year-old Roman signet ring engraved with the goddess of Victory Found in a field in Somerset
A 1,800-year-old Roman signet ring engraved with the goddess of Victory Found in a field in Somerset. An amateur treasure hunter has made a ‘stunning’ find from the Roman era in the south-west of England. With the help of a metal detector, the man discovered a golden ring at a site being investigated by local …
Pompeii of the North: London’s most important excavation ever unearths a Roman treasure
Pompeii of the North: London’s most important excavation ever unearths a Roman treasure Just yards from the River Thames – in what is now the capital’s financial district – archaeologists have found coins, pottery, shoes, lucky charms, and an amber Gladiator amulet which date back almost 2,000 years. Situated on the largest swathe of the …
Grave of the king who laid foundations for Mayan civilization in 700 B.C. unearthed
Grave of the king who laid foundations for Mayan civilization in 700 B.C. unearthed This is the extraordinary grave of an ancient king credited with laying the foundations for the Mayan civilization more than 2,000 years ago, which has been discovered by archaeologists in Guatemala. Researchers said they uncovered the grave of King K’utz Chman, …
Burial of an ancient female warrior discovered in Armenia
Burial of an ancient female warrior discovered in Armenia A teenage Armenian woman was at the frontline of a war more than 2,000 years ago. Now her newly discovered remains allow archeologists to see how ancient societies lived and died on the battlefield. In 2017 researchers excavated the poorly preserved remains and found the woman …
Everyday Life In A Bronze Age Village Emerges In U.K. Excavation
Everyday Life In A Bronze Age Village Emerges In U.K. Excavation Must Farm, an extraordinarily well-preserved Late Bronze Age settlement in Cambridgeshire, in the East of England, drew attention in national and international media as ‘Britain’s Pompeii’ or the ‘Pompeii of the Fens’. The major excavation was funded by Historic England and Forterra Building Products …
Solid gold ring with the lord of rings inscription found in the field
Solid gold ring with the lord of rings inscription found in the field A gold ring engraved with a romantic message has been unearthed centuries after it was last seen. Amateur treasure hunter Morley Howard was metal detecting in a newly ploughed field in Highbridge, Somerset, when he made his discovery. The ring, with a …