Archaeologists Recruited a Group of Amateurs—and Uncovered a Collection of Roman Treasures

The Attingham Estate in England has long been a hotbed of archaeology, and the National Trust recently opened the site to ...
Smithsonian Magazine

Archaeologists Find Both a Medieval Dungeon and Roman Burial Beneath a Market Square in England

Beneath a city square in the English city of Leicester, archaeologists have discovered a Roman infant burial, remnants of ...
Archaeology

Medieval Coins Unearthed in England

SUFFOLK, ENGLAND—According to a BBC News report, a hoard of coins was discovered in eastern England during an investigation conducted ahead of a construction project by Andrew Pegg of Oxford Cotswold ...
New Scientist

Who were the first humans to reach the British Isles?

As ancient humans left Africa, they encountered many harsh environments including the Sahara and the high Arctic, but one of ...
Archaeology

World War I Training Camp Excavated in Southern England

BEXHILL, ENGLAND—BBC News reports that the site of Cooden Camp, a World War I training camp that opened in 1914, is being investigated ahead of a construction project in southeastern England. Soldiers ...
Smithsonian Magazine

Archaeologists Discover Mysterious Earthwork Circles Built 6,500 Years Ago—Nearly 2,000 Years Before Stonehenge

Recent excavations have shed new light on the four circular ditches, which were identified in a field near Rechnitz, Austria, ...
Keene State College

The Shock of Colonialism: Archaeology in a New England Frontier

In this talk based on her recent book, The Shock of Colonialism in New England: Fragments from a Frontier, archaeologist Dr. Meghan C. L. Howey shares her research on the seventeenth-century colonial ...