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independent.co.uk > bulletin > news > flag-fen-peterborough-bronze-age-b3049303.html

Archaeologists in race against time to save vital Bronze Age artefacts

1+ day, 7+ hour ago   (153+ words) The Independent Archaeologists in race against time to save vital Bronze Age artefacts - Archaeologists are set to begin a major six-month excavation at Flag Fen near Peterborough next year to save vital Bronze Age artefacts before climate change dries out…...


independent.co.uk > news > science > archaeology > flag-fen-bronze-age-archaeology-dig-climate-b3049131.html

Experts race to start new Bronze Age site dig before it’s lost to climate change

1+ day, 17+ hour ago   (534+ words) Archaeologists will begin a new dig at one of Britain’s most important Bronze Age sites next year before information preserved in peat is lost as the ground dries out amid climate change. The timber causeway at Flag Fen, near Peterborough,…...


independent.co.uk > news > science > archaeology > viking-silver-hoard-treasure-denmark-b3047695.html

Homeowner unearths largest Viking silver hoard ever found in Denmark

4+ day, 11+ hour ago   (104+ words) Homeowner discovers Denmark's biggest-ever Viking silver hoard while digging new patio. A homeowner digging a new patio discovered Denmark's biggest-ever haul of Viking silver. He initially thought his garden fork had struck a piece of old iron. Instead, he began…...


independent.co.uk > news > science > archaeology > tbilisi-georgia-pottery-national-museum-b3047374.html

Rare 10th-century artefacts unearthed during roadworks

5+ day, 1+ hour ago   (365+ words) Roadworks that may have frustrated residents have yielded an archaeological prize: a cache of 10th-century pottery among the oldest medieval works ever found in the Georgian capital. The works on Rustaveli Avenue, Tbilisi's stately central boulevard, began this summer to…...


independent.co.uk > news > science > archaeology > prehistoric-europe-cannibalism-spain-cave-fossils-b3046998.html

Cannibalism was a recurrent practice among early Europeans, cave fossils reveal

5+ day, 9+ hour ago   (559+ words) Cannibalism was found concentrated in three time periods Ancient human fossils unearthed at three different caves in Spain reveal that cannibalism resurfaced among early Europeans in different contexts over thousands of years. The caves of Malalmuerzo, Carigüela, and Majolicas in…...


independent.co.uk > news > science > archaeology > devils-arrows-stone-row-origin-b3046961.html

Ancient builders brought 25-tonne stones from 18km away for Devil’s Arrows

5+ day, 10+ hour ago   (417+ words) Prehistoric Britons likely chose megalithic stones from sources holding personal meaning for them rather than sites offering logistical convenience Prehistoric builders brought 25-tonne stones from at least 18km away to build Britain’s iconic Devil’s Arrows, archaeologists noted in a new study....


independent.co.uk > news > speed-hungary-b3045324.html

Competitors dig deep in Hungarian grave-digging contest

1+ week, 1+ day ago   (192+ words) Like death itself, this was no joke. A grave-digging contest in a Hungarian cemetery may sound like the opening line of a comedy sketch. It proved to be anything but as 38 competitors grabbed picks and shovels on Saturday. The Hungarian…...


independent.co.uk > bulletin > news > orkney-gordonstoun-school-viking-church-b3042058.html

Children discover ‘medieval Viking church’ on school field trip

2+ week, 6+ hour ago   (131+ words) The Independent Children discover ‘medieval Viking church’ on school field trip - Students and staff from Gordonstoun private school have discovered what is thought to be the remains of a medieval Viking church on the uninhabited Scottish island of Swona....


independent.co.uk > news > uk > home-news > gordonstoun-orca-moray-scottish-one-b3041927.html

Gordonstoun pupils discover ‘1,000-year-old Viking church’ on uninhabited island

2+ week, 15+ hour ago   (732+ words) A group of students have discovered the remains of what is thought to be a medieval Viking church about 1,000 years old on an uninhabited Scottish island. The Gordonstoun pupils made the discovery on an archaeological field trip to Swona, a…...