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Conny Waters - AncientPages.com - Archaeologists at Leicester Cathedral have finished the excavation project and reported discovering an ancient Roman shrine and over 1,100 burials. The archaeological project

Jan Bartek - AncientPages.com - Britain's oldest shoe has been found on a beach in Kent. The shoe, made of leather, is 3,000 years old and was discovered

A. Sutherland  - AncientPages.com - Many histories of Nottingham have been produced. People made their own observations and studied the city's past. Yet others published information from other sources,

Conny Waters - AncientPages.com - The rare and unusual life of an anchoress, a woman who devoted her life to prayer while living in seclusion, has been unearthed

Conny Waters - AncientPages.com - Archaeologists have found what they say is the first solid scientific evidence suggesting that Vikings crossed the North Sea to Britain with dogs

Jan Bartek - AncientPages.com - Archaeologists are appealing to the public for help with an unusual carving they unearthed at Nesscliffe Hill, UK, in 2022. Paul Reilly, a

Jan Bartek - AncientPages.com - Archaeologists have concluded that Anglo-Saxon monasteries were more resilient to Viking attacks than previously thought. Lyminge, a monastery in Kent, was on the

Conny Waters - AncientPages.com - A fragment of a wooden axle from a cart or possibly a chariot has recently been identified for us by dendrochronologist Michael Bamforth

Conny Waters - AncientPages.com - A team of archaeologists excavating in the village of Overstone near Northampton, UK, has unearthed an unusual 4,000-year-old stone building. The purpose of

Conny Waters - AncientPages.com - Arminghall Henge in Norwich, UK was first seen from the air in 1929, and was excavated in 1935. The 5,000-year-old timber circle is

Jan Bartek - AncientPages.com - Archaeologists have unearthed an ancient Roman settlement at the site of Wingfield Place development on Freemen’s Way in Deal, UK. Among the ancient

Conny Waters - AncientPages.com - A series of exciting inscriptions, almost invisible to the naked eye, have been discovered in the margins of an important eighth-century manuscript in

Conny Waters - AncientPages.com - Archaeologists report they have made more amazing finds at the Roman villa site in Rutland, UK. Dating back to the third or fourth

Jan Bartek - AncientPages.com - Piecing together the story of human evolution is an undeniably complex task. However, new research has brought us closer to understanding how early humans in

Ellen Lloyd - AncientPages.com -  When the bell begins to toll,  Lord, have mercy on the soul.’  - wrote The Venerable Bede, (672-735). In days past, when good

Jan Bartek - AncientPages.com - One of Britain's most impressive ancient Roman ruins is Hadrian's Wall. Also known as the Picts' Wall, the massive structure prevented raiders from

Ellen Lloyd - AncientPages.com - According to legend, Robin Hood was a heroic outlaw from Nottingham, UK. Living in Sherwood Forest, he was famous for robbing the rich

Jan Bartek - AncientPages.com - An archaeological dig at a city park has uncovered what could be the earliest house found in Cardiff. The Caerau and Ely Rediscovering

Jan Bartek - AncientPages.com - Archaeology students from Bournemouth University have found the remains of prehistoric people and animal sacrifices in a recently discovered Iron Age settlement in Dorset.

Jan Bartek - AncientPages.com - One of the most extraordinary archaeological discoveries of recent times was the uncovering of the so-called Seahenge off the north coast of Norfolk,

Ellen Lloyd - AncientPages.com - Ivar the Boneless has gone into the history books as one of the most powerful Vikings ever lived. Not only was he one