The burial site was 4,500 years old, but archaeology society members saw enough evidence to believe it was already in use nearly 8,000 years earlier.

UPDATE (February 4, 2013): This story from ARCHAEOLOGY's January/February 2013 issue discusses the excavation of a site known as Greyfriars, under a Liecester parking lot, and the possibility that ...

KENILWORTH, ENGLAND—Live Science reports that eight stone catapult shots were found outside the walls of Kenilworth Castle, which is located in England’s West Midlands. The largest sphere weighs 231 ...

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Wessex Archaeology has published the full results of nearly two decades of excavations carried out during the search for a ...

It has attracted global attention with its blend of detective work and dark historical deeds but where does the discovery of Richard III's grave rate among England's greatest archaeological finds?

Archaeologists have made a spectacular discovery after the analysis of DNA from skeletons from across England has exposed where the first-ever groups of people to define themselves as English ...

China's first English academic journal in the field of archaeology has been published. The journal, Chinese Archaeology, sponsored by the Institute of Archaeology under the Chinese Academy of Social ...