Medieval Gold Coins Unearthed in Eastern England A metal detectorist discovered two ancient and extremely rare gold coins thought to have been lost during the Black Death. Near Reepham, Norfolk, a leopard-shaped 23-carat gold coin was discovered alongside an Edward III golden coin. The leopard was withdrawn within months of its being minted in 1344 …

Footprints of Last Dinosaurs To Walk on UK Soil 110 Million Years Ago Found in Kent In the realm of palaeontology, there’s some exciting news! At least six different dinosaur species’ footprints have been unearthed – the very last dinosaurs to walk on UK land 110 million years ago! These footprints have been discovered in …

Perfect 215-million-year-old dinosaur print found by a girl, 4, on Welsh beach A girl from Wales discovered a well-preserved 215 million-year-old dinosaur print, described as the ‘finest of its type found in 10 years. After making the discovery on a beach at Bendricks Bay near Barry, four-year-old Lily Wilder has been hailed by researchers. The …

British teacher finds long-lost relative: 9,000-year-old man Adrian Targett visited the home of a close relative yesterday. He had to put on Wellington boots because the floor is muddy. The relative was not in. Hardly surprising: he died 9,000 years ago. But there is no doubt: Mr Targett, a 42-year-old history teacher in Cheddar, Somerset, …

‘Exceptionally high’ number of decapitated bodies found at Roman burial site Ancient Romans left an enduring mark on present-day Britain. Crumbling stone walls across the island speak to their once-vast empire. But a cemetery uncovered in Cambridgeshire highlights another legacy of Roman rule — its brutality. Here, archaeologists discovered a high number of decapitated skeletons, …

The shackled skeleton may be the first direct evidence of slavery in Roman Britain His ankles secured with heavy, locked iron fetters, the enslaved man appears to have been thrown in a ditch – a final act of indignity in death. Now the discovery of the shackled male skeleton by workers in Rutland – thought …

Iron Age and Roman Skeletons Discovered on Alderney A Cemetery used for centuries has started giving up its secrets, after radiocarbon dating on some of the skeletons came back showing the graves were from the Iron Age and Roman eras. States archaeologist Phil de Jersey said the site on Longis Common in Alderney was one …

Somersham headless bodies were victims of Roman executions Archaeologists believe a group of beheaded bodies discovered at a burial site were likely victims of Roman military executions. A military supply farm in Somersham, Cambridgeshire, was discovered with an “unusually significant” number of beheaded remains from the third century. Several were on their knees when they …

Damaged Medieval Seal Discovered in Eastern England According to a BBC News report, a metal detectorist in eastern England discovered a 13th or 14th Century seal badly burned in Gayton, Norfolk, in August. Norfolk finds liaison officer Helen Geake said it told “quite a story”. “Would people have known that it was Roman – was …