Was Fertility a Factor in the Demise of Neanderthals? Neanderthals could have gone extinct due to a slight drop in their fertility rates, a new study finds. The last of the Neanderthals, the closest extinct relatives of modern humans, disappeared from Europe about 40,000 years ago. Previous research estimated that at its peak, the entire Neanderthal population …

Plans for a tennis court to be dug up to search for remains of Saxon King. Saint Edmund is believed to have been killed by the Vikings in the 9th century after refusing to denounce his Christianity. His remains were kept in a shrine in Bury St Edmunds but were later lost during Henry VIII’s …

The Ribchester Helmet – An Ancient Roman artifact discovered by a 13-year-old boy while playing behind the house Archeologists have uncovered some extraordinary artifacts over the past centuries that give us a glimpse of human history and help us to understand the many secrets of the ancient world. Over the years there have been numerous …

‘Oldest Roman library Discovered Beneath German City’ unearthed by Cologne archaeologist A team of archeologists who digged near the church of Antoniter, a Protestant church in the center of Cologne, Germany, found a puzzling discovery. Beneath the foundations of the church were Roman walls—Cologne (then called Colonia) was founded by the Romans in 50 AD—with a …

Archaeologists unearth Roman road in the Netherlands Archeologists in the Netherlands have discovered a 2,000-year-old stretch of Roman road and the remains of a Roman village in the town of Katwijk, which once marked the northern boundary of the Roman Empire. The road is 125 meters (410 ft) long and lies close to a busy …

Archaeologists uncover ancient Viking camp from the 870s in the village of Repton Archeologists uncovered a Viking camp dating back to the 870s in the small village of Repton in Derbyshire. The new discoveries were located at a campsite in the village, which has been known about since the 1970s. To reveal evidence for workshops …

Roman Army Camp Uncovered in Scotland A marching camp used by the Legions as they made their way along the coast was found by a team carrying out work prior to the building of the new Ayr Academy. It is thought to date back to the 1st century AD, when an army under Agricola, the …

New archaeological findings show that Vikings “imported” from the Celts Archeologists expected beer or other brewing materials to be found, but they found something more valuable. It was supposed to be a simple, routine expansion work at Byneset Cemetery, adjacent to the medieval Steine Church in Trondheim, Norway. As in several other European countries, Norwegian law …

Brutal Pre-Viking Mᴀssacre Uncovered in Sweden On the south-eastern island of Oland, Swedish archeologists found evidence of a mᴀssacre of the 5th century. The team writes about the 1,500-year-old attack on Sandby borg in a paper published in the journal Antiquity. Dozens of corpses have been found in the walled fort, their bodies left to …