2+ week, 6+ day ago   (443+ words) Researchers have confirmed that stone from Henry VIII's Sandown Castle, which had been lost from history, was used in the Victorian extension constructed at Dover Castle. Dr. Christopher Moore has developed an argument for the reuse of masonry from the…...

3+ week, 2+ day ago   (257+ words) Archaeologists and visitors beside an excavation trench at the Chleby sanctuary. (University of West Bohemia) The site lies near Chleby, east of Prague. According to the University of West Bohemia’s excavation report, the almost circular enclosure measures about 230 meters across…...

3+ week, 3+ day ago   (370+ words) The cargo reportedly included royal jewelry, textiles, coins, and precious-metal plate valued at about £100,000 at the time. Later accounts linked it to a gold and silver dinner service associated with Henry VIII. No complete inventory has ever been established. Ian…...

3+ week, 4+ day ago   (278+ words) A skeleton found beneath Stirling Castle in Scotland may be the earliest-known archaeological victim of a trebuchet. Researchers say the remains of a man aged between 22 and 34 bear more than 160 blunt-force fractures, probably caused by one high-velocity impact during Edward…...

4+ week, 23+ hour ago   (499+ words) Archaeologists have uncovered an approximately 2,400-year-old cist tomb in Aspendos’ newly identified Eastern Necropolis. Wrestler-decorated Aspendos coins found among the burial goods have led researchers to suggest that the deceased may have had a connection with sport, although the finds…...