United Kingdom Archive
Fossils
Eddie Gonzales Jr. – AncientPages.com – A 150-million-year-old stomach stone has been found in the UK, making it the oldest discovered fossil of its kind. Found by renowned
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Archaeology
Jan Bartek - AncientPages.com - Archaeology students from Bournemouth University have discovered a Bronze Age burial site during an excavation of a prehistoric settlement in Dorset. It is
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Archaeology
Jan Bartek - AncientPages.com - Archaeologists report a rare discovery of late Roman pewter plates, platters, bowls, and a cup that has been made in Euston, in the
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Archaeology
Conny Waters - AncientPages.com - Archaeologists excavating in Linmere, Bedfordshire, UK, have discovered 25 monumental pits in what has become a nationally important prehistoric site. The site date
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Fossils
Conny Waters - AncientPages.com - The first side-necked turtle ever to be found in the U.K. has been discovered by an amateur fossil collector and paleontologists at the
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Archaeology
Jan Bartek - AncientPages.com - Archaeologists excavating at the site of the A40 Science Transit park & ride at Eynsham, Oxfordshire, UK, have made some interesting discoveries. During
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Archaeology
Jan Bartek - AncientPages.com - It was a chance discovery. The piece of wood could have easily gone onto the bonfire or been treated as trash. Luckily, Derek
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Archaeology
Jan Bartek - AncientPages.com - Was it once a child's toy or someone's idea of a practical joke? We may never find an answer to this question, but
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Archaeology
Jan Bartek - AncientPages.com - Not so long ago, the public was invited to participate in the Carlisle Roman bath excavation. The project, run by Wardell Armstrong, Cumberland
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Archaeology
Jan Bartek - AncientPages.com - Several magnificent Iron Age, Roman, and post-Medieval artifacts found in Monmouthshire, a county in the southeast of Wales, have been declared a treasure.
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Archaeology
Jan Bartek - AncientPages.com - Recently declared a treasure, it takes one look to realize this Bronze Age ring is unusual. The ancient gold ring was found by
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Artifacts
Jan Bartek - AncientPages.com - Several beautiful Bronze Age and Medieval artifacts unearthed in Wales, UK, have been declared a treasure. Four magnificent objects were discovered across Wrexham,
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Paleontology
Eddie Gonzales Jr. – AncientPages.com - An almost meter-long footprint made by a giant, a meat-eating theropod dinosaur from the Jurassic Period represents the largest of its kind
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Archaeology
Jan Bartek - AncientPages.com - A series of ancient dwellings have been discovered at the site of a new housing development in Newquay. Archaeologists from the Cornwall Archaeological
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Archaeology
Jan Bartek - AncientPages.com - Archaeologists excavating near Buckingham, UK, have found an interesting Mesolithic stone mace head. Mesolithic hunter-gather activity is believed to have focussed on resource-rich
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Archaeology
Jan Bartek - AncientPages.com - A spectacular gold coin was discovered by a metal detectorist near Morston, Norfolk, in April 2021. It has been declared treasure by a
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Archaeology
Jan Bartek - AncientPages.com - Archaeologists investigating Exeter Cathedral’s historic Cloister Garden have uncovered clues to its Roman past. The archaeological investigation is part of the cathedral’s project to build
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Archaeology
Jan Bartek - AncientPages.com - Archaeologists excavating near Garforth in Leeds, UK, have made a "once-in-a-lifetime" find. Scientists report they have discovered multiple ancient burials. The hidden cemetery
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Archaeology
Jan Bartek - AncientPages.com - A metal detector has found an ancient Roman fragment made of silver in Norfolk. The piece was obviously part of something, but what
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Archaeoastronomy
Conny Waters - AncientPages.com - Stonehenge is an astonishingly complex monument, which attracts attention mostly for its spectacular megalithic circle and "horseshoe," built around 2600 B.C. Over the
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Artifacts
Jan Bartek - AncientPages.com - One can imagine losing a wallet, suitcase, shoe, or even some clothes, but how can an ancient Egyptian sarcophagus end up abandoned on
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Archaeology
Jan Bartek - AncientPages.com - Traces of ancient Roman presence can be found all over the UK. While preparing a site for constructing a new Aldi supermarket in
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Archaeology
Jan Bartek - AncientPages.com - Archaeologists excavating at a small site near Buckingham report an intriguing find. According to researchers, this is the former site of a watermill
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Archaeology
Jan Bartek - AncientPages.com - Lancaster University staff and student researchers have discovered evidence of a Romano-Celtic temple under public land near Lancaster Castle - only the second
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Archaeology
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
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Archaeology
Conny Waters - AncientPages.com - The mystery surrounding the remains of two Anglo Saxons – identified as a man and a woman buried 1,400 years ago in south
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Archaeology
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
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Archaeology
Jan Bartek - AncientPages.com - A unique artifact discovered at the Roman fort of Vindolanda may have been used as a device during sex rather than as a
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Archaeology
Jan Bartek - AncientPages.com - Archaeologists excavating on the site of a new town in Devon, UK, have unearthed an ancient road, Bronze Age homes, Roman farmsteads, and
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