“The largest Viking warship ever found, it was discovered by chance in 1996 at Roskilde. It is estimated that building it would have taken up […]
Secrets of Manchester’s mummies revealed by a trip to the hospital
Pioneering research brings new stories of Egyptian life and death to revamped Ancient Worlds gallery at city museum
We came, we saw, we detected: relics from Caesar era among amateur finds
British Museum pays tribute to hordes of metal detectorists and their hoards of ancient relics, helmets, coins and weapons
Stone age nomads settled down in Merseyside, flints and timber suggest
Sefton site points to nomadic hunter-gatherer ways being given up after evidence found of 8,000-year-old permanent dwellings
Saxon find in Lyminge has historians partying like it’s 599
Remains of great hall, the first unearthed in 30 years, dug up on Kent village green
Northumberland coast’s ancient secrets to be saved from sea with lottery grant
Archaeologists excavating Low Hauxley site expect to find cremation urns, human remains and bronze age treasures
Grim exhibition shows role of grave robbers in medical science
Museum of London exhibition opens this week with findings uncovered from the London Hospital’s burial ground
Soldiers injured in Afghanistan make surprise find on UK archaeology dig
Rehabilitation project on Salisbury plain sees soldiers astounding archaeologists with 1,400-year-old treasures
Silchester Iron Age finds reveal secrets of pre-Roman Britain
A single olive stone unearthed at the ancient town of Silchester is among the extraordinary finds that are leading archaeologists to rewrite British history
An olive stone from 150BC links pre-Roman Britain to today’s pizzeria
Archaeologists have unearthed a charred stone that suggests the Mediterranean diet came to these islands during the Iron Age