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End of Dig Diary: Have We Found a Roman Villa?

We had just one week to investigate the site of a suspected Roman villa. Did we find it?

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Roman pen – inscribed with joke – found at London building site

"I went to Rome in AD 70 and all I got you was this lousy pen"

Medieval ‘warrior-woman’ buried in Viking cemetery may have been Slavic

She was buried with a typical Slavic axe and an Arabic coin.

Grave of ‘Real life Asterix’ who fought Caesar found in Sussex

He would have looked 'absolutely fabulous' in all his gear

Is this evidence of a 33,000 year old murder?

It's a very, very, very, very cold case.

4000 year old necklace beads found on Isle of Man

The beads were made of polished jet.

The sweet, sweet history of Pontefract Castle

Yorkshire's most notorious castle actually has a sweet side

7 plants to create your very own Tudor garden

Gardens were at the heart of Tudor life; from the smallest cottage to the most glamorous royal palace, Tudor homes were surrounded by culinary, medicinal, domestic and ornamental plants and flowers. Fields and hedgerows…

Not All Women

Something truly terrible happened to archaeology last week: one of our largest and most visible organisations, the Society for American Archaeology, spectacularly failed in its duty of care to several attendees at their annual…

‘Underwater offerings’ found at bottom of lake after 1,000 years

Offerings include sacrificed llamas and puma-shaped incense burners.

Human remains up to 1,000 years old found in walls at Pontefract Castle

Human bone fragments found at Pontefract Castle recently could be up to 1,000 years old, experts have said. A right femur (thigh) bone and probable ulna (arm) fragments were uncovered by workmen last week…

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