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Richard III is the only male to be discovered at infamous former car-park site. ‘This is the first stone coffin in Leicester to be uncovered using modern archaeological practices. This makes it a unique discovery which will provide important new insights into the lives of the people of medieval Leicester.’- Mat Morris, archaeological lead, University of Leicester. A mysterious lead coffin discovered close to the site of Richard III’s hastily dug […]

Mummies, jewels and sarcophagi are among the 3,500-year-old treasures discovered in a goldsmith’s tomb in necropolis: A remarkable ancient Egyptian tomb has been found in the necropolis of Draa el-Naga, near Egypt’s famous Valley of the Kings. The tomb consists of a little room at ground level and a burial chamber eight metres below containing four mummies. Its important occupant […]

Six skeletons with signs of cancer found in an ancient Egyptian cemetery During the study of the ancient Egyptians buried in Dakhleh Oasis, archeologists uncovered six cases of cancer. The results include a leukemia toddler, a 50-year-old mummified man with rectal cancer, and people with cancer that may be caused by human papillomavirus (HPV). These cancer cases were found when […]

Archaeological work to remove 45,000 skeletons from a burial site to make way for HS2 construction has begun. Some 61,000 burials took place at St James’s Gardens between 1788 and 1853, beside what is now London Euston station. Protests and a memorial service were held before the site was closed to create a new terminus station. HS2 said the dig […]

Genetic secrets of early medieval warriors revealed from German burial site A dozen lavish medieval graves holding the remains of Thirteen people have finally spilled their genetic secrets, now that analysts have constructed a family tree of the people buried there. Researchers were the first who found the early medieval burials — which hold the bodies of Ten adults and three infants […]

14th-Century Medieval Black Death skeletons unearthed by Crossrail project in London A railway construction project in central London has turned up the skeletons of 13 casualties of the Black Death. The find is a reminder of how much history sits underneath urbanized areas in the United Kingdom. Archaeologists in Leicester announced that they’d found the bones of the lost monarch Richard III underneath a […]

Archaeologists in southern England have found what may be one of the largest medieval royal palaces ever found – buried under the ground inside a vast prehistoric fortress. The probable 12th-century castle was discovered by archaeologists, using geophysical ground-penetrating ‘x-ray’ technology to map a long-vanished medieval city which has lain under grass on the site for more than 700 years. Situated […]