1+ week, 4+ day ago   (679+ words) A homeowner getting ready to create a new patio in Rebild, Denmark, has unintentionally revealed the biggest collection of Viking silver ever found in the country. At around 18.5 kilograms and is nearly three times the size of the previous holder…...

2+ week, 16+ hour ago   (86+ words) Finds recovered from the Skonager tomb, including the brooches and preserved textile fragments. (Arkæologi Vestjylland) Similar preservation has allowed rare glimpses of Viking-era jewelry and textiles elsewhere in Scandinavia, but seldom in Denmark itself. The researchers examining one of the…...

2+ week, 5+ 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, 1+ 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, 1+ day ago   (350+ words) New inscription fragments from western Turkey reconstruct a 15-year Roman tax scandal ending in an imperial threat of death. The Stratonikeia pieces belong to a legal decision issued in AD 480, showing how local collectors manipulated receipts, concealed revenue and defied…...