The Viking journey of mice and men
New research carried out at the University of York and published in BMC Evolutionary Biology has used evolutionary techniques on modern day and ancestral mouse mitochondrial DNA to show that the timeline of mouse colonisation matches that of Viking invasion.
Bristol archaeologists unearth slave burial ground on St Helena
Archaeologists from the University of Bristol have unearthed a unique slave burial ground on the remote South Atlantic island of St Helena. The excavation, which took place in advance of construction of a new airport on the island, has revealed dramatic insights into the victims of the Atlantic slave trade during the notorious Middle Passage.
St George’s church, Portland hosts ‘Operation Nightingale’
Soldiers returning from active service abroad will be lending their time and skills to conserve, repair and investigate the fascinating church of St George's in Portland , Dorset.
Jade Mask, Discovered in Pyramid of the Sun
Archaeologists that participate in the Pyramid of the Sun Project, conducted by the National Institute of Anthropology and History (INAH Conaculta), discovered a series of deposits at the interior of the Prehispanic construction; one of them may be the offering placed during the first 50 years of our era, to consecrate the beginning of the construction of the greatest monument of Teotihuacan.
Iron Age Warriors : Archaeology at East Chisenbury by the soldiers of The 1st Battalion, The Rifles
The abiding public image of the current conflict in Afghanistan is the repatriation parades for fallen soldiers through the village of Royal Wootton Bassett in the country of Wiltshire. However further to the south of the county a project has been developed to deal with the hidden casualties of the conflict. Archaeology News
HMS Victory to be raised from the Depths
The HMS Victory, predecessor to the famous flagship of Lord Nelson is to be raised from the seabed after almost 300 years.