Mark Johnston writing on Ancient Origins has published an interesting article “The Question of Ancient Kings: Cerdic of Wessex, First Saxon King of England?”. “According to the Anglo-Saxon Chronicle , Cerdic of Wessex did, indeed, […]
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Andover Museum and Museum of the Iron Age open a new exhibition DANEBURY – Past and Present Footsteps on view 8 June until 17 July 2022. DANEBURY – Past and Present Footsteps brings together over […]
Wessex Archaeology has carried out an excavation of a Bronze Age settlement at Bitham Park in Wiltshire. “Wessex Archaeology was commissioned by RPS Consulting Services Ltd on behalf of Barratt David Wilson Homes to undertake […]
Archaeologists working on HS2 have made discoveries of national significance, uncovering an Anglo-Saxon burial site in Wendover, Buckinghamshire. Almost three quarters of the graves contained high quality grave goods, suggesting the site was the final […]
An early Roman rare wooden carved figure has been discovered during work on the HS2 project. In July 2021, archaeologists from Infra Archaeology, working for HS2’s contractor Fusion JV, removed the well-preserved figure from a […]
The world of Stonehenge on view through 17 July 2022 is the UK’s first ever major exhibition on the story of Stonehenge. Key loans include the Nebra Sky Disc, the world’s oldest map of the […]
Stonehenge may have served as an ancient solar calendar, according to research conducted by Professor Timothy Darvill, from Bournemouth University Professor Darvill’s analysis includes new finds about the Wiltshire stone circle’s history, along with analysis […]
Four rare Late Neolithic chalk plaques from the Stonehenge region have been subjected to non-invasive Reflectance Transformation Imaging (RTI) technology in a new study by experts from Wessex Archaeology, which has shed light on previously […]