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11-Year-Old Girl Finds a 2,000-Year-Old Celtic Gold Coin Within Ten Minutes
An 11-year-old metal detectorist named Darcey made a discovery she is unlikely to forget when she uncovered a Celtic gold coin just ten minutes into a weekend rally at Cirencester, England. The small coin has been provisionally identified as a Selsey Dahlia gold quarter stater, a type generally dated to the first century BC. According…
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Elite Iron Age Graves Near Chelmsford Yield Wine Amphorae and Rare Imported Glass
Archaeologists near Chelmsford in Essex have uncovered an Iron Age cemetery containing the cremated remains of more than 100 people, including five individuals buried with imported wine vessels metal objects and one of the earliest glass bowls known in Britain. Most of the cemetery dates to the first century AD, when communities in southeastern Britain…
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Rare Late Iron Age Ladder Discovered in Cambridgeshire Is Britain’s Longest Known Log Ladder
Archaeologists working at West Cambourne in Cambridgeshire, England, have uncovered a rare late Iron Age wooden ladder preserved in a large watering hole. The surviving length of the log ladder measures more than 3 metres, making it, according to Cambridge Archaeological Unit, the longest example of its kind currently known from Britain. The find was…
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Rare Funeral Pyre at Sizewell C Captures the Moment Prehistoric Britons Sent Their Dead Into the Fire
A rare funeral pyre at Sizewell C has revealed one of the most elusive stages of ancient burial practice: the moment when a body was placed on timber, set alight and transformed by fire. The discovery was made at Goose Hill, part of the archaeological investigations linked to the Sizewell C project on England’s Suffolk…
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Massive Iron Age Wagon Hoard Discovered in Britain Reveals Ritual Destruction and Elite Power
An Iron Age wagon discovery in northern England is offering rare insight into ancient transport and elite power. Near the village of Melsonby, archaeologists uncovered a vast deposit of deliberately destroyed vehicles, weapons, and ceremonial objects dating back more than 2,000 years. The excavation brought to light two large hoards containing nearly 1,000 metal artifacts,…
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Teenage Girl Buried Face Down 2,000 Years Ago May Have Been a Human Sacrifice
When archaeologists brushed away the Dorset soil, they didn’t expect to uncover the skeleton of a teenage girl lying face down — a chilling clue to a 2,000-year-old ritual. The grave, unearthed by researchers from Bournemouth University, may reveal one of Britain’s earliest known acts of human sacrifice, linked to the enigmatic Iron Age Durotriges…
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History Rewritten: Roman Massacre at Maiden Castle Debunked After 90 Years
Groundbreaking research from Bournemouth University challenges a long-held narrative in British archaeology A dramatic new study from Bournemouth University archaeologists has shattered a decades-old myth surrounding one of Britain’s most iconic ancient sites. Contrary to popular belief, the so-called “Roman massacre” at Maiden Castle in Dorset never happened. Published in the Oxford Journal of Archaeology,…