Vikings, Emojis and Michaelmas: Medieval News Round-up
This week's news from the medievalverse has Anders Winroth talking about his new book The Age of the Vikings, funding for Newport's ...
Boat, oyster shells, coins and an Anglo-Saxon gravestone - what has been found from the Middle Ages
Some recent news on what medieval items people are finding in England and Wales... Archaeologists working in Norfolk have discovered the rem...
Famed Roman shipwreck reveals more secrets
Ancient artifacts resembling the Antikythera mechanism, an ancient bronze clockwork astronomical calculator, may rest amid the larger-than-e...
Denmark’s only medieval rowboat dated
Researchers have now assigned a date to the sensational find of a rowboat. The dating cements the small vessel’s position as Denmark’s only ...
The Mary Rose archers were among the elite soldiers of the 16th century, research reveals
The archers who fought on Henry VIII’s warship the Mary Rose, which sank in 1545, would have been elite soldiers for their time, standing ov...
Newport’s Medieval Ship could have been Basque
The origins of the Newport Medieval Ship may have finally been solved – with new research announced yesterday pointing to the north of Spain...
Medieval shipwreck found in Danube river
Hungarian archaeologists have found what they believe may be an intact medieval shipwreck in the Danube river. Partially buried in mud and ...
800 year old shipwreck discovered in Baltic Sea
An 800-year-old shipwreck has been found by divers off the south coast of Sweden, prompting archaeologists to ponder the potential treasures...
‘Lost Fleet’ discovered in medieval cellar
A project to clear rubbish from a cellar in the English village of Winchelsea has led to the discovery of a series of medieval graffiti insc...
World's 'oldest fish trap' found off coast of Sweden
Wooden fish traps said to be some 9,000 years old have been found in the Baltic Sea off Sweden, possibly the oldest such traps in existence....
Two Roman shipwrecks found in deep waters around Greece
Two Roman-era shipwrecks have been found in deep water off a western Greek island, challenging the conventional theory that ancient shipmast...
Newport's medieval ship set to mark decade of discovery
A decade of the Newport Medieval Ship will be celebrated next month at the site of the original discovery. ‘The Newport Medieval Ship: A De...
Iron and sulphur compounds threaten old shipwrecks
Sulphur and iron compounds have now been found in shipwrecks both in the Baltic and off the west coast of Sweden. The group behind the resul...
Research uncovers new details about John Cabot’s voyage to North America
Evidence that a Florentine merchant house financed the earliest English voyages to North America, has been published on-line in the academic...
Smuggled cargo found on Roman shipwreck
Evidence of ancient smuggling activity has emerged from a Roman shipwreck, according to Italian archaeologists who have investigated the ves...
