Antiquarian's Attic

This second-century AD skillet was found in Prickwillow, Isle of Ely, Cambridgeshire in1838. Copper-alloy decorated with copper and niello inlay and tin-plating.

ANGLO-SAXON WARLORD FOUND BY DETECTORISTS COULD REDRAW MAP OF POST-ROMAN BRITAIN The burial, on a hilltop site near with commanding views over the surrounding Thames valley, must be of 6th century AD, archaeologists from the University of Reading believe. The ‘Marlow Warlord’ was a commanding, six-foot-tall man, buried alongside an array of expensive luxuries and weapons,…

Anglo-Saxon settlement and Roman army camp found in A14 bypass dig   It’s taken more than 700 years, but the medieval villagers of Houghton in Cambridgeshire have had the last laugh: the foundations of their houses and workshops have been exposed again, as roadworks carve up the landscape they were forced to abandon when their…

Dog walker finds human skull  A dog walker has come across an unexpected find whilst out in Somerset. Roger Evans found a ‘well-preserved’ human skull whilst walking along the banks of the River Sowy. He reported his findings to the police and it was analysed. After months of research, results revealed it belonged to a…

A Norfolk church may have begun life as a Roman fortlet protecting supplies on their way to Hadrian’s Wall. Trevor Heaton hears how ‘keyhole archaeology’ is solving the riddle of Reedham. Sometimes things can hide in plain sight. But that doesn’t it make any easier to tell their story. For centuries, researchers and historians have…

“Now, whoever has courage and a strong and collected spirit in his breast, let him come forward, lace on the gloves and put up his hands. (5.363-364) ― Virgil, The Aeneid Roman boxing gloves unearthed during an excavation near Hadrian’s Wall have gone on public display.  Experts at Vindolanda, near Hexham, in Northumberland, believe they are “probably the…