A VARIETY of centuries-old artefacts were discovered using a metal detector in a Yorkshire field. The “once-in-a-lifetime” ...
A remarkable Iron Age hoard, unearthed in a Yorkshire field, is prompting archaeologists to reassess the wealth and power ...
A hoard of Iron Age artifacts discovered by a metal detectorist could alter our understanding of life in Britain 2,000 years ...
The hole full of bones—the largest ritual deposit discovered of its kind dating to the Roman Britain period—gives archaeologists hints about the ways that conquered British did—and didn’t ...
A spectacular hoard of Iron Age metalwork—over 800 pieces including ornate cauldrons, elegantly decorated harness for at ...
A recent study by Dr. Ellen Green, published in the International Journal of Paleopathology, analyzed the faunal assemblage ...
The silver coins were minted over a period of more than 200 years, suggesting that Roman currency at this time was relatively stable.
such graves and cremation burials are very rare in other parts of Britain before the Roman period. Archaeologists suspect many Iron Age peoples often practised complex funeral rituals in which ...
The personal treasures of those buried have been provisionally dated to the late Roman Britain period (3rd-4th Centuries), and include a solid stone coffin containing a corpse set in gypsum.
(Credit: Kleon3, Wikimedia) As the Norton Disney History and Archaeology Group notes on their page, this is the 33rd example of one of these items found in what was once Roman Britain, lending ...