Asked to think about catacombs, our minds might initially turn to the grand subterranean ossuaries of, say, Rome or Paris. However, London…
Given the recent cold weather, the discovery of a massive underground ‘ice house’, unearthed next to Regent’s Park in London, seems rather…
A cemetery excavated on the site of New Covent Garden Market in Nine Elms, near Battersea, is illuminating the lives of some…
The River Thames must be one of the longest archaeological sites in Britain, both in terms of distance and duration. People have…
The skeleton of a man wearing thigh-high leather boots and buried face-down in the mud has been discovered in the Thames. The…
A recent study, conducted by researchers from the Centre for Human Bioarchaeology at the Museum of London and Durham University, has looked…
Over 4,500 years ago, the Bell Beaker phenomenon swept across much of Europe. The resulting changes to burial practices and technology are…
The 19th season of Enfield Archaeological Society excavations at the Tudor royal palace of Elsyng in the park land surrounding the early…
A recently opened museum at London’s Charterhouse illuminates centuries of life at this former medieval monastery. Lucia Marchini explores some of the…
Bexley Archaeological Group’s site is situated in Bexley, Kent. BAG has recently opened up a new site and it will be a…