Roman Artifacts Recovered in Northwest England Chester, England—Deeside.com reports that a Roman game piece and other artifacts were uncovered in an area slated for redevelopment in the walled city of Chester, which was founded as a Roman fort in A.D. 79. Researchers at Chester Northgate’s £ 70 m building site have discovered Roman artifacts, including …

Man accidentally finds a ‘perfectly preserved’ Roman villa in his backyard This began out as a bit of basic home improvement, which ended up with the finding of one of the biggest Roman Villas ever to be found in the UK. While laying an electricity cable beneath the grounds of his home, near the village …

500,000-Year-Old Earliest European Bone Tools Found In UK The earliest known bone tools in European archeological history, archaeologists claim, were found. The implements come from the renowned Boxgrove site in West SusSєx, which was excavated in the 1980s and 90s. The bone tools came from a horse that humans butchered at the site for its …

Volunteers Spot Iron Age Hillfort in Southern England According to a BBC News report, volunteers with the Beacons of the Past project identified the possible site of an Iron Age hillfort covered with trees and foliage in lidar images of the southern Chiltern Hills, a chalk escarpment stretching 45 miles across southern England. From digital …

Yarm Viking helmet ‘first’ to be unearthed in Britain According to new research, a Viking helmet discovered at Teesside is the first ever to be found in Britain. In the 1950s, in Chapel Yard, Yarm, a corroded helmet was unearthed by workmen digging trenches for new sewerage pipes. The ‘Viking helmet’, as it is known …

Textile treasure trove shows Importance of fashion to Ancient Britons Notable archeological evidence from the site of a prehistoric settlement in the eastern part of England, suggests that Bronze Age Britons had a liking for high-end fashion. Excavations, 30 miles north-west of Cambridge, have unearthed the earliest examples of superfine textiles ever found in Britain. They …

Bizarre French inspiration of Stonehenge as slab origins confirmed Some experts believe that the ancient monument was used as a cemetery for more than 500 years, and some suggest that it may be of spiritual importance, due to the encompᴀssing horseshoe arrangement being aligned to the sunset of the winter solstice and the opposing sunrise of …

North sea reveals forest buried for 7,000 years and human footprints The surge and flood of the North Sea have uncovered an archeological mystery of the Britain past – the remains of hunter-gatherers chasing wildlife through a long-lost wood. An ancient woodland, dating more than 7,000 years and submerged under the sand for centuries, is …

Roman Fort Identified in Northern England Burscough, England —Ansa reports that the site of a first-century A.D. Roman fort in northwestern England has received official recognition from Historic England, a government body dedicated to historic preservation. The ruins comprise a 30,000 sq m fort, roads, and a smaller fortlet and experts believe the find will …