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 …
Gilt-Bronze Burial Shoes Unearthed in South Korea
Gilt-Bronze Burial Shoes Unearthed in South Korea NORTH GYEONGSANG PROVINCE, SOUTH KOREA—According to a Korea Herald report, a pair of gilt-bronze shoes thought to date to the late fifth or early sixth century A.D. was found in one of three tombs at a burial site in Gyeongju, the ancient capital of the Silla Kingdom in eastern …
Norway couple find Viking grave under floor of their house
Norway couple find Viking grave under floor of their house A Norwegian couple got quite the shock when renovating their old family house near Bodø in northern Norway this month. After removing the floorboards and some sand with the intention to install insulation, the couple discovered several rocks. They continued digging and spotted something glittering …
Archaeologists Discover More Than 200-Year-Old Shipwreck In Mexico’s Caribbean
Archaeologists Discover More Than 200-Year-Old Shipwreck In Mexico’s Caribbean. QUINTANA ROO, MEXICO— BBC reports that an eight-foot cannon, anchor, and pig-iron ingots thought to have been used as a ship’s ballast were spotted by a fisherman in the Caribbean Sea off the coast of southern Mexico. The wreckage rests in shallow waters and rough ocean currents …