Obsidian ‘Spirit Mirror’ Used by Elizabeth I’s Court Astrologer Has Aztec Origins According to a recent study, an obsidian “spirit mirror” used by a confidant of Queen Elizabeth I was actually a product of Aztec culture. The obsidian mirror, made of volcanic glᴀss, and three other comparable items at the British Museum were discovered to …

Roman-Era Venus Statuette Unearthed in England BBC News reports that an excavation ahead of a construction project in the centre of southwestern England’s city of Gloucester has uncovered a 1,800-year-old figurine thought to depict Venus, the Roman goddess of love. The statuette was discovered in Gloucestershire at the site of the new £107m development, the …

Fossils of two previously unknown dinosaurs discovered off the coast of England Fossils discovered on a rocky beach on England’s Isle of Wight around 127 million years ago reveal that there was double trouble on the island, with a pair of large previously unknown dinosaur predators living perhaps side by side, both adapted to hunting along the …

Anglo-Saxon Silver Brooch Recovered in England A metal detectorist who found a rare early-medieval silver brooch has said it was his most “incredible” find ever. The Trewhiddle-style brooch found on farmland at Cheddar in Somerset features detailed interlace decorations with animals thought to be peacocks. Detectorist Iain Sansome said it was “incredible” to think the …

A coffin that was found in a golf course pond contains a 4,000-year-old man buried with an axe Archaeologists in England have analyzed a half-ton coffin dating to the early Bronze Age that was found under a golf course in Lincolnshire county. The coffin, cut from a single oak tree and thought to be about …

‘Anglo-Saxon church’ in Stoke Mandeville discovered by HS2 archaeologists Archaeologists working on the HS2 project has discovered evidence of an Anglo-Saxon church, located at St Mary’s Old Church in Stoke Mandeville, England. Excavations were conducted by LP-Archaeology in conjunction with Fusion-JV, to examine a Norman church that was built in AD 1080 and an ᴀssociated …

Ancient stone tomb linked to King Arthur legend is older than Stonehenge, scientists say According to researchers, a mystery stone tomb in western England known as Arthur’s Stone — named after the mythical King Arthur — originated almost 6,000 years ago as part of an elaborate “ceremonial landscape” across the whole area. Excavations this year …

Revealed: The ‘lost’ Anglo-Saxon monastery discovered next to Cookham church Archaeologists from the University of Reading have excavated a ‘lost” Anglo-Saxon monastery, in the present-day Berkshire village of Cookham, England. Despite being mentioned in a historical text, the location of the monastery had remained a mystery, with contemporary records placing it under the rule of …

Traces of Medieval Abbey Uncovered in Northeastern England A team from York Archaeological Trust are currently based in Museum Gardens, where the Environment Agency will soon start work on a major upgrade of the flood embankment as part of the York Flood Alleviation Scheme. Both the Environment Agency and the City of York Council recognised …