A couple discover over ₹2 crore gold coins in the kitchen during the renovation A life-changing event occurred in a UK couple’s life when they decided to renovate their house. According to a report by The Times, a UK-based couple found 264 gold coins under the floor of their kitchen. The North Yorkshire couple has …

Ancient roman sarcophagus found at London building site An ancient Roman sarcophagus has been excavated from a building site in central London. The 1,600-year-old coffin found near Borough Market is thought to contain the remains of a member of the nobility. Archaeologists have been unable to identify the body as the stone coffin has been …

Anglo-Saxon Trade Hub Found at Monastery Site in England Archaeologists have unearthed a long-forgotten trading hub that researchers say would have enjoyed comparable status to London in the Middle Ages. The find on the banks of the Thames in Cookham, Berkshire, has been hailed as “a once in a generation discovery” by the University of …

Possible Medieval Pub Found in Northern England Archaeologists excavating a site in East Yorkshire say they may have stumbled on a medieval alehouse. Volunteers have spent the past three weeks searching for the remains of a village at High Hunsley, near Beverley. ᴀssistant site director Emma Samuel said a large number of pottery beakers and …

Study Investigates Rate of Parasite Infections in a Medieval City Research examining traces of parasites in the remains of medieval Cambridge residents suggests that local friars were almost twice as likely as ordinary working townspeople to have intestinal worms – despite monasteries of the period having far more sanitary facilities.   One possibility is that the …

Heat Wave Reveals 17th-Century English Gardens A stately home’s “ghost gardens” have become visible after the recent extreme heat. Grᴀss on parts of Longleat’s baroque garden in Wiltshire has dried out to such an extent it has revealed historic features long buried in the landscape. New overhead drone images of the imprints show what the …

50 Graves of Slaves Who Toiled at a Roman Villa Unearthed in England Archaeologists have uncovered what may be the graves of 50 enslaved workers who laboured at an elite Roman villa just under 2,000 years ago in what is now southern England.  These burials date to the Roman period in the United Kingdom, from …

Rock Crystals Recovered from Neolithic Burial Mound in England Distinctive and rare rock crystals were moved over long distances by Early Neolithic Brits and were used to mark their burial sites, according to groundbreaking new archaeological research. Evidence for the use of rock crystal – a rare type of perfectly transparent quartz which forms in …

7,000-Year-Old Forest and Footprints Uncovered in the Atlantis of Britain Ancient footprints, as well as prehistoric tree stumps and logs, have become visible along a 200-meter stretch of a coastline at Low Hauxley near Amble, Northumberland, in what is believed to be Doggerland, the Atlantis of Britain. The Daily Mail reports that the forest existed …