Norfolk has the largest concentration of medieval churches in the world. Almost 1000 were built, and today an incredible 639 ...

According to the team, there is a high chance that a connection exists between the volcanic eruption, the subsequent changes in climate, and the ritual sun stone sacrifices. In addition to a ...

Three years ago, archaeologists were called to a 24-acre plot of land in central England. They were there on behalf of Bloor ...

4,900 years ago, a Neolithic people on the Danish island Bornholm ... broken clay vessels, and flint objects around 2,900 BC. The ditches were subsequently closed." Rune Iversen and his colleagues ...

About 4,900 years ago, a Neolithic people on the Danish island ... broken clay vessels, and flint objects around 2,900 BC. The ditches were subsequently closed," he adds. Dr. Iversen and his ...

We do not have written sources from the Neolithic. But climate scientists ... broken clay vessels, and flint objects around 2,900 BC. The ditches were subsequently closed.” ...

broken clay vessels and flint objects. The ditches were subsequently closed. Evidence from the site indicates that Neolithic people deposited the stones en masse over a short period—possibly in ...

Climate scientists from the Niels Bohr Institute at the University of Copenhagen in Bornholm analyzed ice cores from Greenland’s ice sheets and demonstrated that a major volcanic eruption ...

and flint tools and were likely used as ritual offerings. Iversen and his team propose that these sacrifices were attempts to restore favorable conditions or to express gratitude as the sun returned. ...

The crisp lager pays tribute to the Neolithic master craftsmen, whose razor sharp, flint-tipped arrowheads are still found in farmers’ fields today, in and around Bury St Edmunds. So ...

Archaeologists working on behalf of a housing development company in the UK made surprising discoveries. Screengrab from Cotswold Archaeology's Facebook post Three years ago, archaeologists were ...