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Britain’s Bronze Age past at risk as climate change dries out Flag Fen
18+ hour, 14+ min ago (621+ words) Archaeologists will begin a major six-month excavation next year to recover information preserved in the peat before it is lost forever Archaeologists will begin a new dig at one of Britain’s most important Bronze Age sites next year before information…...
Roman sculpted stones said to be Wales' earliest portraits displayed for the first time - Latest From ITV News
1+ day, 3+ hour ago (525+ words) Roman sculpted stones said to be Wales' earliest portraits displayed for the first time ITVX Roman sculpted stones said to be Wales' earliest portraits displayed for the first time - Series 13 • BAFTA-nominated breakfast show covering the latest news, sport & weather - Series…...
Hopes cash could save at-risk Bronze Age site
1+ day, 5+ hour ago (371+ words) An excavation project at a Bronze Age site could see the area removed from a register of at-risk historical locations, the government has said. Ancient remains at Flag Fen archaeological park near Peterborough are deteriorating because of degrading groundwater levels,…...
Brittany’s Long Barrows May Hide Human-Shaped Stones
1+ day, 8+ hour ago (421+ words) Electrical surveys at a Neolithic cemetery in Brittany have found strong signs of buried stone clusters inside two huge barrows. Only excavation can show whether the mounds conceal rare human-shaped monuments. TRED30 and TRED31 are elongated earthen barrows between 50 and 80 metres long....
Ancient Bronze Age axe 'offered to the gods' unearthed in North Yorkshire dig
1+ day, 12+ hour ago (627+ words) An ancient Bronze Age axe believed to have been offered to the gods has been unearthed. It was found during an archaeological dig in Huttons Ambo, a village in North Yorkshire, as part of a broader excavation that also revealed…...
Britain???s Bronze Age past at risk as climate change dries out Flag Fen | News
1+ day, 13+ hour ago (555+ words) Archaeologists will begin a major six-month excavation next year to recover information preserved in the peat before it is lost forever Archaeologists will begin a new dig at one of Britain’s most important Bronze Age sites next year before information…...
A Circular Monument Built 1,000 Years Before Stonehenge Just Emerged From the Czech Soil, With Human Bones Beside It
2+ day, 1+ hour ago (361+ words) A monumental circle rose from the earth near a small Czech village nearly 6,500 years ago, built by hands that somehow understood the sky better than we'd ever expect. A circular monument built 6,500 years ago near the present-day municipality of Chleby,…...
A Metal Detectorist Found 52,503 Roman Coins. Then Their Unusual Order Revealed a 1,700-Year-Old Mystery
2+ day, 1+ hour ago (484+ words) 52,503 Roman artefacts and a burial site that defies any obvious explanation. In April 2010, metal detectorist Dave Crisp was sweeping a field near Frome, Somerset, when his equipment picked up an unusual signal about a foot below the surface. He uncovered…...
In 1915, Stonehenge came up as Lot 15 at an auction in Salisbury, and a local barrister bought it for £6,600 along with about 30 acres of downland. He handed it to the nation three years later, with a deed saying public admission should cost no more than a shilling per visit.
2+ day, 6+ hour ago (129+ words) Why would anyone buy a stone circle at a country auction? Not the farmland around it, not a grand house, but the ruin itself, listed as a numbered lot on a...
Mystery of the 'Devil's Arrows' solved: How the 25-ton stones were transported to Yorkshire 5 years ago
3+ day, 21+ hour ago (836+ words) When it comes to prehistoric stone monuments in Britain, Stonehenge is usually the first name that comes to mind. But in Yorkshire there is another ancient monument that has raised questions among researchers for centuries. Known as “The Devil's Arrows…...