‘Extraordinary Discovery’: Secret Medieval Tunnel Found By Electricians In Wales BBC News reports that a medieval tunnel system was discovered in southern Wales by a team of technicians who were moving an electrical pole. The four-foot-tall tunnels are located near Tintern Abbey, which was constructed in the twelfth century, and appear to run underneath a …

Bronze Age Spear Discovered on the Island of Jersey A metal detector on a Jersey beach reportedly discovered a 13-inch-long copper spearhead, which is about 3,000 years old, experts claim. According to recent studies, The ‘rare and complete’ spearhead, which still has remnants of the wooden shaft still attached, dates back to the Late Bronze Age, …

Archaeologists find unexpected iron age settlement in Oxfordshire The findings of a team of archaeologists from DigVentures revealed the ruins of at least 15 roundhouses from the 4th-century B.c. to the early first century CE, along with the remains of a mᴀssive Roman villa built over the abandoned homes in the late 3rd to early …

Viking treasure including gold bangle buried over 1,000 years ago is found on the Isle of Man An exceptionally rare Viking artefact is presently being examined on the Isle of Man by Manx Museum authorities and has been declared treasure by the island’s coroner of inquests. The find, which is considered to be internationally significant …

2,000-year-old Roman millstone found with mᴀssive penis engraved on it Archaeologists found a Roman millstone unearthed in Cambridgeshire with an engraving of a penis. The inscription, which was a symbol for strength and virility, was thus deciphered. Over the course of several months, as part of roadwork for an extensive 21-mile section of the A14 between Cambridge …

New Thoughts on the Origins of the Stonehenge Traces of a Neolithic stone circle have been discovered in west Wales, near ancient bluestone quarries in the Preseli Hills, by a team of researchers led by Mike Parker Pearson of University College London, according to a Science Magazine report. Around 3200 B.C.E., Stone Age farmers in …

‘Find of the century’: a medieval hoard of treasures unearthed in Cambridge A mediaeval graveyard with an excess of unidentified graves being uncovered underneath student accommodation in Cambridge University is listed as being one of the most exciting discoveries of Anglo-Saxon archaeology since the 19th century. After demolishing a group of 1930s buildings that had …

Archaeologists unearth bronze age graves at Stonehenge tunnel site New items discovered near the proposed road tunnel underneath Stonehenge could shed light on the makers of the famous stone circle. Early discoveries include various graves dating back to the Bronze Age as well as two burial pits of Beaker people, who arrived in Britain around …

Researchers Find 320 Million-Year-Old Plant Root Stem Cells It may look more like a shiny mosaic or a piece of jewellery, but the world’s oldest plant stem cells contain a 320 million-year-old fossil. And it gives us an entirely new understanding of the evolution of how plants grow. The fossil shows that the way plants …