Archaeology & Museums

New finds are being made all the time.

Sword, armor found buried inside remains of James Fort

JAMESTOWN, Va. Archaeologists say they have discovered a cache of armor from the early 1600s while excavating a trash pit inside the remains of James Fort.

Scythian Sword Found In Lipetsk

Archeologists from Lipetsk now have a unique item – a rare Scythian sword, which is about 2.5 thousand years old.

Rare penny to go on display

A rare 900-year-old penny is set to go on display at Brandon Heritage Centre later this month. The Anglo-Saxon King Cnut silver coin, which dates back from 1024-30AD, will be exhibited at the museum from Saturday, May 26.

1,600-Year-Old Roman Man May Offer New Clues to London's Past

May 25 (Bloomberg) -- The remains of a wealthy Roman man, buried 1,600 years ago near London's St. Martin-in-the-Fields church, is providing clues for archaeologists trying to understand a little-known period in the city's history.

Ancient Roman's headless skeleton in London exhibit

LONDON -- A sarcophagus containing the headless skeleton of an ancient Roman will go on display for the first time Thursday during an exhibition about a "hidden" period in London's history, curators said.

Artefacts provide vital clues about Roman Britain

Artefacts on display at the Museum of London provide clues about life in London between the Romans and the Saxons.

Meet the Viking ancestors

SO YOU think you're a Viking? That's the question that will be put to visitors who think they have Norse blood at a new exhibition in York.

Iron Age sword discovered again

An Iron Age sword which was stolen from a Cambridgeshire museum 13 years ago has been returned after it was spotted at an auction in Germany.

Spain's legendary El Cid sword 'not fake'

REGIONAL Spanish authorities have dismissed suggestions by the national Government that a sword bought for €1.6 million ($2.6 million) might never have belonged to the 11th-century Spanish hero, El Cid.

Castilla León govt. pays €1.6 million for El Cid's sword

The regional government of Castilla León has acquired Rodrigo Díaz's de Vivar's legendary sword -'La Tizona'- from the Marquis of Falces, José Ramón Suárez de Otero, for €1.6 million.

Queen lends support to new Viking research project

Queen Margrethe has contributed to a foundation aimed at digging deeper into the roots of ancient Denmark’s fortresses

'Viking ship' found under British pub

British archaeologists believe they have found the remains of a 1,000-year-old Viking longship underneath a pub near Liverpool.

Rain uncovers Viking treasure trove

A bout of torrential rain left a surprising legacy in the garden of one Swede: a Viking treasure trove.

Spear is star of the show

WHEN the curators of a museum offered people the chance to bring in intriguing objects they had found in the countryside to be identified by experts they did not expect such a treasure trove to turn up.

Radar scans reveal Viking boat beneath pub car park

In 1938, a labourer building a pub car park in Wirral unearthed part of an old boat 3 metres below ground. His foreman told him to cover it up quickly, because an archaeological dig would have slowed down construction, costing time and money.

2 Bodies Exhumed From Viking Grave

OSLO, Norway - Archaeologists opened a Viking burial mound on Monday, seeking to learn more about two women - possibly a queen and a princess - laid to rest there 1,173 years ago.

Through the keyhole

In its 300-year history, the Society of Antiquaries has built up an invaluable collection of artefacts. Loyd Grossman, a Fellow, on changing views of the past.

Male Viking grave reopened

Several hundred people were gathered at the Gokstad farm when archeologists from Oslo and Vestfold opened the grave of a male Viking on Thursday.

A sword & its story

Prakash Kugve relates the tale of a 400-year-old sword that lies abandoned in an open field in Haikal village of Chitradurga district.

Viking Hoard Yields Foreign Coins on Swedish Island

A total of 54 medieval coins have been unearthed in what is being called a Viking treasure trove on the island of Gotland

Djurhamn Sword Excavated

Aided by many volunteers and using tools borrowed from my dad and the Stockholm County Museum, I've spent the day getting the Djurhamn sword out of the ground.