At first, the archaeologists assumed the images came from Homer’s Iliad, the best-known account of the war. The scenes seemed ...

When the HS2 railway was first announced, a lot of people were understandably thrilled. The railway is supposed to link Britain’s two largest cities, London and Birmingham, via a new, high-speed ...

In 2020, a farmer in England's Rutland county notified authorities about the possibility that there was a Roman villa located on his property. A subsequent investigation carried out by the University ...

The presence of pyrite was an unmistakable sign. Striking flint against pyrite nodules creates sparks, and which can be used to start fire. This pushes back the earliest known controlled use of fire ...

A faded label suggested the bones had been unearthed at the nearby Beachy Head cliffs sometime in the 1950s, though specific details of the original excavation had been lost to time. What followed was ...

Archaeologists have unveiled remarkable new insights into the Roman history of an East Yorkshire town. The dig in Brough has uncovered evidence suggesting that fortifications in the area were ...

Ancient England had more "bling" than historians have given it credit for. That's the conclusion archaeologists drew from a cache of more than 800 Iron Age artifacts from northeast England dating back ...

Archaeologists have found the earliest evidence yet of fire technology — and it was created by Neanderthals in England more ...

Thanks to the creative application of new technologies, the 2020s are quietly shaping up to be a golden age of archaeology. Analysis of ancient DNA has resolved long-debated questions about human ...

The discovery site at East Farm, Barnham, England lies hidden within a disused clay pit tucked away in the wooded landscape between Thetford and Bury St Edmunds. Professor Nick Ashton from the British ...

The remains of the ornately decorated Roman buildings contain numerous artifacts, including "curse tablets," tiny axes and a horse-headed belt buckle. When you purchase through links on our site, we ...

Discoveries ranging from the oldest known example of human mummification to first deliberate use of fire by people were made ...