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- Tax bill paid with 2,000-year-old Iron Age fire guard
- The Turin Shroud could not have been faked, say scientists
- Neanderthals built homes with mammoth bones
- Was St Edmund killed by the Vikings in Essex?
- Mysterious Viking-era Graves Found With Treasure
| Tax bill paid with 2,000-year-old Iron Age fire guard Posted: 20 Dec 2011 08:45 AM PST A 2,000-year-old Iron Age fire guard has been accepted into Wales' national museum in lieu of inheritance tax. Previously on loan to the National Museum it will now be part of Wales' collections of Early Celtic Art. It was discovered in a peat bog in 1852. Read the rest of this article...  |
| The Turin Shroud could not have been faked, say scientists Posted: 20 Dec 2011 08:31 AM PST |
| Neanderthals built homes with mammoth bones Posted: 20 Dec 2011 08:24 AM PST Archaeologists have discovered the remains of a 44,000 year old Neanderthal building that was constructed using the bones from mammoths. The circular building, which was up to 26 feet across at its widest point, is believed to be earliest example of domestic dwelling built from bone. Neanderthals, which died out around 30,000 years ago, were initially thought to have been relatively primitive nomads that lived in natural caves for shelter. Read the rest of this article...  |
| Was St Edmund killed by the Vikings in Essex? Posted: 20 Dec 2011 08:24 AM PST The story of Edmund, king and martyr, has become a kind of foundation myth for the county of Suffolk, but contains at least one element of truth – in 869 there was a battle between the East Anglians and the Vikings; Edmund was captured and later killed. However, the site of the battle (recorded as Hægelisdun) was forgotten, and different modern historians have suggested that it was at Hoxne in Suffolk, Hellesdon in Norfolk, or at Bradfield St Clare near Bury. The new proposal by Dr Briggs is unusual in that it is based on a detailed analysis of the linguistic structure of the various place-names involved. UWE Bristol has several experts among its staff in the study of both place-names and personal names from the viewpoint of historical linguistics. The use of place-names has long been recognized as an essential input into the broad study of settlement and migration, but the current work is an intriguing example of a precise conclusion about one historical event being drawn purely from place-name research. Read the rest of this article...  |
| Mysterious Viking-era Graves Found With Treasure Posted: 20 Dec 2011 08:18 AM PST Sword at his side, the so-called Young Warrior (left) is among the thousand-year-old discoveries in a newfound cemetery in Poland, a new study says. The burial ground holds not only a hoard of precious objects but also hints of human sacrifice—and several dozen graves of a mysterious people with links to both the Vikings and the rulers of the founding states of eastern Europe. (Related: "'Thor's Hammer' Found in Viking Grave.") Researchers are especially intrigued by the Young Warrior, who died a violent death in his 20s. The man's jaw is fractured, his skull laced with cut marks. The sword provides further evidence of a martial life. Read the rest of this article...  |
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