Prehistoric remains reburied – in America
In this interesting case prehistoric remains were given to a local tribe to rebury – even though there is no direct connection through tribal lineage. Could such an example ever happen in the UK?...
In this interesting case prehistoric remains were given to a local tribe to rebury – even though there is no direct connection through tribal lineage. Could such an example ever happen in the UK?...
The community of Masham, Yorkshire recently honoured its early ancestors with a reburial ceremony. 57 skeletons found 20 years ago were laid to rest again. As the vicar of Masham said in the service “Today...
A vast quantity of gold and silver treasures have been found in Staffordshire by a metal detectorist. The following passage from Beowulf – translated by Sheamus Heaney – speaks wonderfully of such things… BEOWULF...
From the Wookey Hole website – controversial? NEW WOOKEY OWNER HAS BONES TO PICK WITH LOCAL MUSEUM Gerry Cottle, the circus magnate who purchased the famous West Country tourist attraction of Wookey Hole last Christmas,...
Talks to launch new guidebook for Avebury – Bank Holiday Monday, 4th May Twenty years since the publication of the last official guidebook, the launch of the National Trust’s new guidebook for the UNESCO...
English Heritage welcomes the Government’s decision to go ahead with new visitor facilities. Read More At: English Heritage
Aerial surveying has revealed a huge complex of barrows and reputedly ceremonial sites on farmland near Damerham – approximately 15 miles from Stonehenge. It is believed that the site predates Stonehenge and is around 6,000...
Builders working on the ‘Olympic Highway’ relief road on Ridgeway Hill near Weymouth have uncovered a 2000 year old mass grave near Maiden Castle, Dorset. The bodies are thought to be local victims of the...
Camp Bling – established in 2006 to oppose the widening of the road at Priory Park – is to be disbanded after the local council has abandoned plans to go ahead with the scheme. ...
Plans to move 200 19th Century skeletons exhumed in South Shields to a new home in Gloucester Cathedral have caused a stir. The human remains were removed to make way for a new Asda...
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