Around 8,000 years ago, prehistoric hunters killed an aurochs and their grilling techniques were frozen in time. THE GIST Remains of a butchered and cooked female aurochs (a prehistoric cow) have been identified from a Stone Age Netherlands site. The hunters appear to have cooked the meat over an open fire, eating the bone marrow [...]
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Prehistoric BBQ Leftovers Found – Amesbury Discovery
Posted in Amesbury, Archaeologists, archaeology, aurochs bones, british history, english culture, English Heritage, neolithic, prehistory, sightseeing, stone age, Stonehenge, visit wiltshire, wessex on February 22, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
Roman remains discovered in Bath
Posted in Archaeologists, archaeology, bath tours, british history, English Heritage, History, roman baths, royal crescent on February 18, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
An archaeological excavation currently being undertaken by Context One, on behalf of Ashford Homes, on the corner of Bathwick Street and Henrietta Road, Bathwick, have uncovered the remains of several Roman structures with associated features, as well as a Roman road surface. Based on some of the finds recovered so far, it appears to be [...]
Viking axe head discovery is ‘evidence of battle’
Posted in Archaeologists, archaeology, british history, king alfred, sightseeing tours, viking on February 2, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
A Viking axe head found in a Gloucestershire village could be evidence of a battle more than 1,100 years ago, according to archaeologists. The wrought iron object, found in Slimbridge in 2008, has now been identified as being of Viking origin. Historians say a band of Vikings sailed up the River Severn and fought against [...]
Orcadian temple predates Stonehenge by 500 years
Posted in Archaeologists, archaeology, histories, History, neolithic, prehistory, stone circle, Stonehenge, Stonehenge private tours on January 2, 2012 | 1 Comment »
THE discovery of a Stone Age temple on Orkney looks set to rewrite the archeological records of ancient Britain with evidence emerging it was built centuries before Stonehenge. Archeologists have so far found undisturbed artefacts including wall decorations, pigments and paint pots, which are already increasing their understanding of the Neolithic people. Experts believe the [...]
Stonehenge Winter Solstice Feast
Posted in Archaeologists, burial mounds, Druids, durrington walls, english culture, English Heritage, History, neolithic, prehistory, riverside project, sightseeing tours, Stonehenge, Stonehenge private tours, visit wiltshire on December 20, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
A huge winter solstice feast might have taken place around Stonehenge some 4,500 years ago. Abundant cattle and pig bones recently unearthed a few miles from the megalithic site suggest that prehistoric people celebrated the connection between the stone circle and the sky with hundreds of roasts. According to initial research led by Mike Parker [...]
Archaeologists make new Stonehenge ‘sun worship’ find
Posted in Archaeologists, british history, prehistory, sightseeing tours, Stonehenge, Stonehenge at sunrise, stonehenge at sunset, stonehenge cusus, Stonehenge private tours, visit wiltshire, wessex on November 29, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Two previously undiscovered pits have been found at Stonehenge which point to it once being used as a place of sun worship before the stones were erected. The pits are positioned on celestial alignment at the site and may have contained stones, posts or fires to mark the rising and setting of the sun. An [...]
A MAJOR hoard of ancient artefacts has been unearthed near Tisbury, Wiltshire
Posted in Archaeologists, archaeology, Celts, English Heritage, neolithic, prehistory, visit wiltshire, wessex, Wiltshire on November 4, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
A metal detector enthusiast located more than 100 bronze items, thought to be about 2,700 years old, on a farmland site which is being kept secret. Having first found a spearhead, he decided not to disturb the ground and notified archaeologists, who were able to conduct a meticulous excavation. The finds, from the late Bronze [...]
Jawbone found in England is from the earliest known modern human in northwestern Europe
Posted in Archaeologists, archaeology, Devon, History, neolithic, prehistory, trace your ancestors, UK ancestory on November 3, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Could a piece of jawbone found at Torquay’s famous Kents Cavern caves be the oldest part of modern human to be unearthed in Europe? A piece of jawbone excavated from a prehistoric cave in England is the earliest evidence for modern humans in Europe, according to an international team of scientists. The bone first was [...]
Intact Viking burial site found in UK
Posted in Archaeologists, archaeology, british history, burial mounds, English Heritage, History, viking on October 19, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Archaeologists have found the first intact Viking boat burial site in the UK. The 5m-long grave contained the remains of a high-status Viking who was buried with an axe, sword, spear and bronze ring-pin. The 1,000-year-old find, on the remote Ardnamurchan Peninsula, in the Highlands, was made by Ardnamurchan Transitions Project, a team led by [...]
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