Medieval archaeological news and discoveries from around the world.
A group of hobby metal detectorists has discovered two Viking treasures buried a few meters apart near the ruins of the Viking castle Fyrkat in
Archaeologists at a city dig site have uncovered a medieval tiled floor dating back to around the 13th Century. The discovery was made in Gloucestershire
“Just here would have been the great hall,” says Chris Ferguson to a Guardian reporter and a dozen indifferent sheep chewing grass in a stunning
A medieval port has been discovered in a 2,500m2 building site and archaeological dig surrounding a chateau in Vendée, western France. Among the discoveries are
Aerial and ground footage from the medieval ruins of a French castle.
Redditch residents have the chance to take part in a community archaeology dig in Beoley over the weekend of October 2-3. Neighbouring village Beoley is
An 800-year-old vest of Norman chain mail has been discovered in County Longford after a member of the public revealed that they had stored it
Time Team announces historic comeback with 2021 dig at huge Oxfordshire Roman villa that may be ‘almost the size of Buckingham Palace’. Following the successful
The wooden spire of Notre-Dame cathedral is being re-built using centuries-old oak trees felled from a former royal forest – almost two years after it
Social inequality was “recorded on the bones” of Cambridge’s medieval residents, according to a new study of hundreds of human remains excavated from three very
An Anglo-Saxon graveyard with “huge potential” has been unearthed beneath former university student housing. King’s College, Cambridge discovered the extensive cemetery, containing more than 60
15 April 2019 shook the medieval world…Notre Dame Cathedral was on fire! I tuned into four different news channels from across the world and watched
The Galloway Viking Hoard is returning to the region – seven years after it was first unearthed. Kirkcudbright Galleries is to host an exhibition of
Archaeologists and divers have unearthed the remains of a medieval soldier from the underwater slope of Lake Asveja in eastern Lithuania. The human remains were
A “nationally significant” Anglo-Saxon cemetery with 200 graves dating back to the 7th Century has been revealed. The graves were uncovered in Oulton, near Lowestoft
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