English Heritage has unveiled the design for its proposed new Stonehenge visitor centre, after months of anticipation. The plans were revealed as a planning application for the complex was sent to Wiltshire Council for approval. Located at Airman’s Corner some 1.5 miles west of the landmark, the new centre will…
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Goth Pirate Puzzle Solved in Gloucestershire
A longstanding mystery has been laid to rest this week, as experts finally solved the riddle of a 1,600-year-old body discovered in Gloucestershire 37 years ago. The identity of the 25-30-year-old man, unearthed in a mausoleum in Kingsholm Square in 1972, had long evaded archaeologists. Yet now thanks to chemical…
Video of the Bluestonehenge Excavations by AHRC
The Arts and Humanities Research Council (AHRC) have today released video footage of the newest Henge discovered in Britain, at the River Avon and less than a mile away from the world most famous stone circle. Bluestonehenge (or Bluehenge as it was originally called by the press) was named after…
Lewis Chessmen Loan ‘A Step Sideways’ says Scottish Minister
Scotland is to welcome home some of its most iconic relics from the British Museum next May, in a loan deal that sees the famous Lewis Chessmen toured around the country for two years. Yet politicians hailed the move as a ‘step sideways’, as the BM all but ruled out…
Roman Shipwreck off Coast of Cyprus was Carrying French Wine
A second century AD Roman shipwreck with a cargo of 130 amphorae containing wine and possibly also olive oil has been the subject of an underwater archaeological survey off the eastern coast of Cyprus. The survey, the first detailed non-invasive archaeological survey conducted at the site since the ship was…
What’s the Size of a Thumbnail and the Biggest Obstacle to Ancient Great Lakes Archaeology?
For the last 12,000 years people have clustered near the Great Lakes, using them for drinking, food, sanitation and transportation, and the area is ripe for archaeological exploration. The shorelines of these lakes have have shrunk and expanded as the climate changed, which means that many ancient sites are now…
Customs Officials Return Looted Treasure to Afghanistan
While the fate of Afghanistan as a military project for the United States continues to hang in the balance today, as President Barack Obama mulls whether to deploy 40,000 more troops in this “graveyard of empires,” there was a rare piece of good news from Kabul: Hundreds of looted artefacts…
King Arthur Pendragon in First Druid Ceremony at Bluehenge Since its Discovery
The incredible announcement that Stonehenge had a little sister named ‘Bluehenge’ this weekend will have shocked millions – not least the area’s druid community, who for centuries have claimed Stonehenge to be their spiritual home. So it’s no surprise the druidic community officially inaugurated the stone circle this week, which…
80 hour Ten Commandments display in Toronto starts this Saturday
Starting this Saturday, the second oldest copy of the Ten Commandments will go on display, at the Royal Ontario Museum, for 80 hours only. The exhibit will run from October 10 to October 18. It runs concurrently with a Dead Sea Scrolls exhibit that is taking place at the museum….
Egypt Suspends Louvre Saqqara Excavations over Stolen Artefacts
Egypt has decided to suspend all archaeological cooperation with the Louvre, after the French museum refused to return fragments of a Theban Tomb. The news was confirmed today by Dr. Zahi Hawass, head of Egypt’s antiquities department. The artefacts were excavated in a tomb near Luxor, and according to Dr….