5+ day, 23+ hour ago   (230+ words) The project was run by rock art expert George Nash together with Genevieve von Petzinger and Barbara Oosterwijk, and the precise locations of the caves are kept secret to secure them against any possible vandalism. Cathole Cave on the Gower…...

1+ week, 3+ day ago   (208+ words) The article by Paul S.C. Taçon, Sally K. May, Andrea Jalandoni and senior Amurdak Traditional Owner Charlie Mungulda has recently been published in Australian Archaeology. Their team has recorded 165 rock-art sites around Awunbarna, or Mount Borradaile, since 2018, with 29 recorded as depicting…...

1+ week, 4+ day ago   (166+ words) Emma of Normandy receives the Encomium Emmae Reginae, with Harthacnut and Edward behind her. (The British Library/Public Domain) Norman cavalry and English infantry clash during the Battle of Hastings. (Public Domain) In 2026, the Bayeux tapestry returned to England for…...

1+ week, 5+ day ago   (679+ words) A homeowner getting ready to create a new patio in Rebild, Denmark, has unintentionally revealed the biggest collection of Viking silver ever found in the country. At around 18.5 kilograms and is nearly three times the size of the previous holder…...

2+ week, 1+ day ago   (86+ words) Finds recovered from the Skonager tomb, including the brooches and preserved textile fragments. (Arkæologi Vestjylland) Similar preservation has allowed rare glimpses of Viking-era jewelry and textiles elsewhere in Scandinavia, but seldom in Denmark itself. The researchers examining one of the…...

2+ week, 4+ day ago   (233+ words) Culture and Tourism Minister Mehmet Nuri Ersoy called the work a composite sculpture in a style not encountered before. “I believe this discovery, which opens the door to new questions about the earliest periods of human history, will resonate widely…...

3+ week, 2+ hour ago   (245+ words) As the team reported, “Bear claws, or more precisely, brown bear claw phalanges, have been discovered in seven burials to date.” This indicates that they likely held a significant symbolic meaning for the southeastern Baltic communities during the early Middle…...

3+ week, 2+ day ago   (378+ words) Although the North Sea looks permanent if you look at it on a map, it really seems as if it has always held Britain apart from continental Europe. Yet not long ago in geological terms, much of that water covered…...