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Dozens of ancient coins believed to have been stolen by Roman troops during the conquest of Britain have been unearthed in a Dutch field. The 44 gold coins bearing the inscription of AD40 British ...

Just why the Romans did this, though, remains a mystery. The experts that made the discovery found that the natural ...

This tapestry was first recorded in 1476 as part of the inventory of the Bayeux Cathedral, but it was likely commissioned in ...

Drone surveys revealed the fortress is over 40 times larger than previously thought, spanning more than 50 hectares.

Chester House Estate sees more demand since appearing on Digging for Britain on BBC 2.

The Revolutionary War artifacts tell the story of what General Cornwallis tried to destroy forever—but couldn’t erase.

In 1983, archaeologists excavating a cave in South Africa discovered an unusual femur bone. It belonged to an unspecified antelope and was found to be 7,000 years old. X-rays revealed that three ...

A scientific study with important implications for archaeology in Britain and France was published last week. Using ancient ...

Students in the Child and Youth Services homeschool program had a hands-on enrichment experience involving artifacts found in ...

CHANGSHA -- Paddy-field remains dating back over 8,000 years have been discovered in Central China's Hunan province, ...

A groundbreaking study has uncovered evidence of a society in Iron Age Britain where women played central roles in family, politics, and society. Using DNA from ancient burial sites, an international ...