A homeowner in southeastern England got more than he bargained for when a builder working on a kitchen addition unearthed human remains that turned the backyard into a crime scene, only for specialists to confirm the bones were roughly a thousand years old. Ross Sledger, 49, was at work in the spring of 2019 when […] The post English couple's kitchen renovation turns up 1,000-year-old Anglo-Saxon bones — and a police investigation appeared first on American Almanac .
A homeowner in southeastern England got more than he bargained for when a builder working on a kitchen addition unearthed human remains that turned the backyard into a crime scene, only for specialists to confirm the bones were roughly a thousand years old. Ross Sledger, 49, was at work in the spring of 2019 when the builder adding a kitchen extension to his home in Wye, Kent, called with news no homeowner wants to hear. Fox News Digital reported that the builder told Sledger he had found bones in the ground, and he was not joking. Sledger's first instinct was to shrug it off. Rural properties in England sit on centuries of agricultural use, and animal bones turn up regularly. But the builder made clear this was something different. …Open
Researchers in Roskilde, Denmark, have uncovered the remains of a 13th-century convent hidden six feet beneath a local soccer field, a structure believed lost since the Protestant Reformation demolished it nearly five centuries ago. The discovery came this summer after local officials began preparatory work on a parking facility for the field. Before breaking ground, […] The post Medieval convent lost for 770 years found buried beneath a Danish soccer field appeared first on American Almanac .
Researchers in Roskilde, Denmark, have uncovered the remains of a 13th-century convent hidden six feet beneath a local soccer field, a structure believed lost since the Protestant Reformation demolished it nearly five centuries ago. The discovery came this summer after local officials began preparatory work on a parking facility for the field. Before breaking ground, crews ran a Ground Penetrating Radar survey, a system that sends electromagnetic waves into the earth and reads the reflections that bounce back from buried structures. What came back stunned the researchers watching the monitors: clear, detailed images of St. Clare's Convent, a monastery dating to 1256, sitting largely intact beneath the turf. Archaeologist Arne Abel…Open
Archaeologists in western Slovakia have uncovered an ancient Roman military camp littered with soldiers' remains and battlefield weapons dating to the reign of Emperor Marcus Aurelius, a find officials say reshapes understanding of Rome's reach into barbarian territory. The Institute of Archaeology of the Slovak Academy of Sciences announced earlier this summer that excavators working […] The post Roman military camp unearthed in Slovakia reveals soldiers' bones, weapons from Marcus Aurelius era appeared first on American Almanac .
Archaeologists in western Slovakia have uncovered an ancient Roman military camp littered with soldiers' remains and battlefield weapons dating to the reign of Emperor Marcus Aurelius, a find officials say reshapes understanding of Rome's reach into barbarian territory. The Institute of Archaeology of the Slovak Academy of Sciences announced earlier this summer that excavators working near the town of Šurany, in Slovakia's Nitra region, had struck something far older than the industrial park they were preparing to build. Beneath roughly 370 acres of earth lay the footprint of a Roman marching camp from the second century A.D., the first ever found in that part of the country. What came out of the ground told a story of combat and sudden…Open
A historian's new book identifies a remote Iron Age hillfort in North Devon as the long-sought site of the Battle of Cynuit, where Anglo-Saxon forces routed a Viking invasion force and helped save the kingdom of Wessex. Castle Hill, a crumbling earthwork near the village of Beaford in North Devon, England, has stood quietly for […] The post Researchers may have found the Devon hillfort where Alfred the Great's men crushed a Viking army in 878 AD appeared first on American Almanac .
A historian's new book identifies a remote Iron Age hillfort in North Devon as the long-sought site of the Battle of Cynuit, where Anglo-Saxon forces routed a Viking invasion force and helped save the kingdom of Wessex. Castle Hill, a crumbling earthwork near the village of Beaford in North Devon, England, has stood quietly for centuries, ancient ramparts of earth and stone overlooking a rural landscape most people drive past without a second thought. Now researcher Nick Arnold and historian Paul Harper say the site is the strongest candidate ever put forward for one of the most consequential battles in English history: the 878 AD clash at Cynuit, where a Devon militia loyal to King Alfred the Great destroyed a Viking army and killed its…Open
Egyptian archaeologists have unearthed a sandstone lintel more than 3,000 years old bearing the titles of Ramesses II at a fortified site that may be the long-lost city of Mesen, a discovery the government says could reshape understanding of the biblical Exodus route. The Egyptian Ministry of Tourism and Antiquities announced on August 15 that […] The post Archaeologists in Egypt uncover ancient lintel bearing Ramesses II titles at site with possible Exodus ties appeared first on American Almanac .
Egyptian archaeologists have unearthed a sandstone lintel more than 3,000 years old bearing the titles of Ramesses II at a fortified site that may be the long-lost city of Mesen, a discovery the government says could reshape understanding of the biblical Exodus route. The Egyptian Ministry of Tourism and Antiquities announced on August 15 that a team excavating Tell Abu Seifi, an ancient fortified site in northeastern Egypt near the Sinai Peninsula, recovered the massive inscribed lintel along with remains of a fortified temple complex, storage rooms, two ancient stone roads, fragments of falcon statues, other sculptures, and carved stone fragments. The inscription on the lintel references the restoration of a statue of Horus, described…Open
Archaeologists have discovered a huge Viking Age textile production site in Denmark that dates back more than 1,000 years and underlines the sophistication of Viking society.
Archaeologists have discovered a huge Viking Age textile production site in Denmark that dates back more than 1,000 years and underlines the sophistication of Viking society.Open
The gunman opened fire at the famous archaeological site just outside Mexico City, wounding at least six others, before killing himself, the authorities said.