Treasure Hunter discovers £200,000 worth of ancient coins in the farmer’s field A hobbyist with a metal detector on a farm told us he had discovered a once-in-a-lifetime cache of Roman silver coins worth 2,000 years old silver Roman coins – worth up to £200,000 ($267,000). During the Roman period, Some of the metal discs were …

Archaeologists Found 12th Century Medieval Castle in England The greatest archeological and historical discoveries are often found in the most unlikely of places. This was the case in December, when construction laborers were left in awe while renovating a men’s prison in Gloucester, England. Back around the year 1110, the rulers of Gloucester built an impressive castle ”similar to the …

Roman Settlement Unearthed in Eastern England Excavation ahead of road construction in the East Midlands has uncovered human remains, animal bones, roof tiles, an iron sickle, a copper spoon handle, brooches, stone walls, a pottery kiln, and other furnaces and ovens dated to the second or third centuries A.D., according to a Lincolnshire Live report. Some 400 …

Archaeologists Find Unique 1,400-Year-Old Christian Artifact Around 1,400 years ago, citizens lived near Vindolanda, a northern England Roman fort, inscribed a lead chalice with images of crosses, angels, and other Christian symbols. Now, reports Dalya Alberge for the Guardian, archaeologists say that this vessel—unearthed during the excavation of a ruined sixth-century church—represents the oldest known …

Britain’s secret treasure trove of stone age rock art They have been found where the earth meets the sky, high up on the moorlands of northern England, a mysterious series of strange and ancient carvings hewn into the rocks and boulders. More than 100 elaborate carvings dating back thousands of years have been discovered on …

Archaeologists say they’ve found a mᴀssive underground structure that could be four times the size of Stonehenge Archaeologists have confirmed that the ruins of a significant, modern prehistoric stone monument, buried less than 3 kilometres (186 miles) from Stonehenge have been identified. The site is 15 times the size of Stonehenge. The Stonehenge Hidden Landscapes Project team – …

Amateur metal detector uncovers 22,000 Roman coins An enthusiast of an East Devon metal detector has stumbled on one of Britain’s largest hoards of Roman coins ever discovered, prompting a local museum to launch a campaign to buy the “remarkable” collection for the nation. It is the fifth-largest discovery of Roman coins in Britain, comprising …

Extremely rare mᴀss grave of decapitated Vikings found in the UK Archaeologists made the gruesome discovery of 51 Viking corpses buried in the UK – with researchers claiming they may have been killed in sacrifice. Archaeologists believed that the violent killing happened 1000 years ago – the 51 skeletons had languished near Weymouth, Dorset. Oxford …

81 ‘rare’ Anglo-Saxon coffins found in England may shed light on early Christians A remarkable discovery of 81 Anglo – Saxon coffins made from the hollow-out trunks of oak trees may give new insights into how people lived in Britain in the early days of Christianity, archaeologists say The bones, dated from the 7th and …