Earliest Known Christian Anglo-Saxon Burial in England Reveals its Treasures
The earliest known Christian burial of an Anglo-Saxon in England pertains to the tomb of a nobleman who lived during circa 6th-7th century AD. Archaeologists…
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‘Dynamic’ Iron Age horse chariot burial found in Yorkshire
A ‘dynamic’ mode of chariot burial – this, in a nutshell, defines the astounding discovery made in East Yorkshire. Archaeologists from MAP Archaeological Practice, carrying…
Archaeologists come across an ‘unplundered’ Mycenaean tomb in Nemea
The Mycenaean cemetery at Aidonia in Nemea, while being discovered in the late 70s, was unfortunately found its looted state. The site once again came…
British soldiers find the remains and sword of a rich Saxon warrior
Soldiers stumbling across the grave of a soldier – in an almost poignant yet poetic twist, British veterans of Afghanistan came across one of their…
New human burials unearthed at 1,300-year-old cemetery in Lima, Peru
Excavations at the Parque de las Leyendas Zoo in Lima, the capital city of Peru, have uncovered new human burials dating back some 1,300 years….
Site near Scotland’s Loch Ness may have been a preferred Bronze Age burial ground
The recent infrastructural development of Drumnadrochit, a village lying on the west shore of the famed Loch Ness, has brought forth its fortuitous share of…
Aberrant burials found inside a Merovingian necropolis in Germany
When it comes to the hindsight of history, it was the Merovingian dynasty (circa 5th – 8th century AD) that sowed the seeds of statehood…
Archaeologists identify a very rare Anglo-Saxon burial monument, contemporary of Sutton Hoo
In a similar tale of mistaken identity reverting to actual historicity, archaeologists (from the University of Reading) have discovered that a 20-foot high mound in…
Viking warriors were buried with board games for recreational ‘diversion’ in the afterlife
By early 9th century, the Orkney Islands, an archipelago in the Northern Isles of Scotland, pretty much became the headquarters for pirate raids and expeditions…
