archaeology

Now, the search for one of Jack the Ripper’s victims….

May 13, 2020

archaeology, Science

Jack the Ripper, Mary Kelly, Richard III

Now there is another search for the resting place of a famous person from the past, this time Mary Kelly, one of the victims of Jack the Ripper. Some of the people involved in finding Richard are involved again. See this post Mary doesn’t have quite the same cachet as Richard, but the discovery of…
Bone Detectives start with Thanet’s Bronze Age secrets….

Apr 26, 2020

archaeology, television reviews

Bone Detectives, Bronze Age, Channel Four, human sacrifice, Isle of Thanet, Kent, pottery, Raksha Dave, skeletons, Wantsum Channel

I have just watched the first episode of Bone Detectives: Britain’s Buried Secrets, featuring Dr Tori Herridge and the delightful Raksha Dave, whom I remember from Time Team, but who is now much in TV evidence. In this new series we’re promised episodes from different periods and different places all over Britain, but this first…
Richard and Greyfriars both lost in Leicester—and found again….!

Apr 20, 2020

archaeology, battles, Science

Anglo-Saxons, Bronze Age, Fishbourne, Great Ryburgh, Historic England, Leicester Greyfriars, rabbits, Richard III, Roman Britain, Shakespeare, The London, The Theatre

Here are Historic England’s ten top archaeological discoveries of the decade. Needless to say, the discovery of Richard III’s remains figures high on the list. He’d been thought to have been buried in Leicester Greyfriars…or maybe thrown into the River Soar! But no, Greyfriars was the place. However, what I didn’t know was that Greyfriars…
‘I saw something shining…’ Metal Detecting Finds..

Apr 16, 2020

archaeology, Science

Alfred the Great, Anglo-Saxons, Bedale Hoard, Cheshire, coins, crime, helmets, House of Wessex, jewellery, Lichfield, Lincolnshire, metal detecting, Middleham Jewel, Norfolk, Staffordshire Hoard, Vikings, Wales, York Museum, Yorkshire Museum

The Staffordshire Hoard. One of the biggest hoard of Anglo Saxon artefacts every discovered. See more of this hoard below.. A story has broken of four ‘metal detectorists’ who have been convicted of stealing a hoard of Anglo-Saxon coins and jewellery worth 3 million pounds, most of which is, tragically, still missing. You can tell from the pictures of…
Plans for displaying Leicester’s Roman past….

Apr 13, 2020

archaeology, buildings

Jewry Wall, Leicester, Leicester Mercury, Roman Britain, Vaughan College

Now Leicester is to show off its Roman past. And why not? If you’ve got it, flaunt it! “….The cost of converting Leicester’s Jewry Wall museum into a new tourist attraction telling the story of Roman Leicester has risen to more than £11 million…. “….The museum closed in 2017 to allow the city council to…
They don’t like it up ’em?

Apr 12, 2020

archaeology, Book Reviews, genealogy, law, Science, sources

“Princes”, Ann Wroe, Anne Neville, Annette Carson, Barrie Williams, Bertram Fields, bigamy, canon law, Charles Ross, denialists, dispensations, Domenico Mancini, Hicks, John Ashdown-Hill, Lady Eleanor Talbot, Leicester Greyfriars, Marie Barnfield, Matthew Lewis, Philippa Langley, Polydore Vergil, Portugal, pre-contract, Reformation, Richard III, Soar, Thomas More

It seems that some of the denialists are becoming even more sensitive than before and dislike being called Cairo dwellers. One Michael Hicks acolyte went to the point of giving Matthew Lewis well-researched biography of Richard III a one-star review. Sadly for “Alex Brondarbit”, the introduction to his own latest book (below) by the Professor…
NEW BONES FROM THE TOWER–HOW LONG BEFORE THEY BLAME RICHARD FOR THESE TOO?

Apr 9, 2020

anniversaries, archaeology, art, buildings

“Princes”, Anne Neville, Beaker Era, Bronze Age, Charles II, denialists, Edward of Warwick, Elizabeth Roberts, Elizabeth Woodville, First Battle of St. Albans, George Duke of Clarence, Henry Pole the Younger, Henry VII, human remains, Jane Shore, John Ashdown-Hill, John Everett Millais, Margaret of Salisbury, mtDNA, Osteology, radio carbon dating, Richard III, Tower of London, Weir, Will Slaughter

Recently, archaeologists working at the Tower of London discovered the remains of two people, an adult woman age 35-45 and a child of about seven. Proper modern carbon dating has taken place and it is determined that the pair are from between 1450-1550. Osteological examination shows no signs of trauma on the bones, although the…
Music and Metal Detecting

Apr 8, 2020

archaeology, battles, Music Reviews, Science

“Princes”, Anne Neville, Battle of Bosworth, Battle of Evesham, Battle of Hastings, Charles II, coins, Devon Roses, Dubunni, Dumnonii, Exeter Museum, George Duke of Clarence, Henry VI, Henry VII, History Book Part One, Ian Churchward, interviews, Iron Age, Josephine Tey, Leicester dig, mercenaries, metal detecting, Middleham Jewel, Mortimer History Society, murrey and blue, Newport Ship, nighthawks, Richard III Society, Richard of Warwick, Science Fiction, Septimus Severus, Staffordshire Hoard, Stanleys, The Legendary Ten Seconds, The Mer de Mort, Torquay United, treachery

Here is an interview by our own Ian Churchward (The Legendary Ten Seconds) about their new song: A song for a metal detectorist, covering history and metal detecting … {link to 27 March}
Relatively recent archaeological digs in York….

Apr 6, 2020

archaeology, buildings

Coppergate, Jorvik, Micklegate Bar, Queen’s Hotel, Roman Britain, Skeldergate, twentieth century, Vikings, York

Archaeology isn’t all about the really old. The photographs accompanying this article show York digs in only recently gone decades. But, of course, there is also a lot of interesting information about York’s more distant past! This article tells of various archaeological projects that took place in the 1970s and 80s.
An interesting site with many articles….

Apr 4, 2020

archaeology

Apollo magazine

Preview(opens in a new tab) This link takes you to a website that is full of interesting articles – mostly Ancient World but a few more recent. I had to join (free) because I only got the one look and after that half the screen was blacked out. When you join, you get to see…