Duns Law Beaker burial ground in Berwickshire

Duns Law Beaker burial ground in Berwickshire

Human remains and seven earthen vessels dating back to the Bronze Age Beaker settlers were uncovered by Scottish Water at Duns Law. The find, estimated to date back 4500 years, was probably the most significant made by Scottish Water engineers while working on a £113...
Sensational Roman period war grave discovery near Vienna

Sensational Roman period war grave discovery near Vienna

Early skeletal finds from the Roman Empire are extremely rare. This is because the Romans practiced cremation in Europe until the 3rd century AD. This makes the discovery of a Roman mass grave from the end of the 1st century AD all the more dramatic.. The unceremonial...
Six Saxon skeletons from Amesbury

Six Saxon skeletons from Amesbury

Six Saxon skeletons dating back over a thousand years and Bronze Age round barrows have been discovered in Amesbury. Mansell is building 14 affordable homes on the site of a disused dairy for landowner Aster Group. The discovery was made during site preparations. The...