The Iron Age ruler, long assumed to be male, may have played a pivotal role in persuading Emperor Claudius to invade Britain in AD 43 A British Iron Age ruler whose appeal to Rome helped trigger the invasion of Britain in…
Now, a new Frontiers in Environmental Archaeology study has reassessed teeth from a long-disused cemetery in north-east England, Coach Lane, to investigate whether climatic fluctuation contributed to childhood vitamin D deficiencies during that time. Traces in teeth and on paper…
King Verica is one of the central figures in early British history. Verica convinced the Roman emperor Claudius to launch an invasion, setting in motion the Roman Empire’s conquest of Britain. A pivotal king – except Verica was probably a queen.
Well-preserved Neanderthal hand bones containing collagen have been recovered from northern Spain's Abauntz Cave, according to an IFL Science report. The bones have been radiocarbon dated to 46,000 years ago. "The cave's location is important," said Andión Arteaga of the University…
The assemblage was delivered to the Father Stanisław Staszic Museum in Hrubieszów and includes a sword, spearheads, shield fittings, spurs, a bronze fibula and fragments of a bone comb. According to information accompanying the objects, the burial was discovered in…
We let the Hounds out while we were watching the election results. They’ve been chomping at the bit to share a few stories. Fortunately, archaeologists around the world have been busy unearthing remarkable discoveries that offer glimpses into the spiritual…
Archaeological Park of PompeiiArchaeologists discovered dozens of personal objects in a Pompeii cupboard that had gone untouched for nearly 2,000 years. When Mount Vesuvius erupted in 79 C.E., the bustling ancient city of Pompeii, near the Bay of Naples, was wiped from the…
Credit: Image Copyright: Miles Russell and Macsen Russell Bournemouth University (BU) archaeological research has revealed that Iron Age British ruler ‘Verica’ who was central to the Roman Invasion of Britain AD 43 was in fact a woman. This discovery re-writes the…
An Iron Age ruler who historians presumed was a king has been found to have been a woman. For years experts thought Verica, a British ruler central to the Roman invasion, was a man. But in a discovery that rewrites…
A gallery of hundreds of engraved motifs and dozens of prehistoric animal images has been found in a cave in Spain, where they had gone unnoticed despite the cave being a popular tourist attraction. Josep Maria Vergès at the Catalan…
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