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WW2 RAF Navigator Puzzled by a UFO Over Hertfordshire
Declassified files from the Ministry of Defence reveal a strange incident in 1985 A retired Ministry of Defence (MoD) official and WW2 RAF navigator has spoken about the time he was left puzzl…
Prehistoric coastline discovered in West London
Engineers working on Britain’s new high speed railway have discovered an ancient, sub-tropical coastline dating back 56 million years. A depiction of what the area would have looked like during the P…
Top 10 UFO Documents at The National Archives (UK)
Extract from Winston Churchill’s 1952 request to the British Air Ministry on ‘flying saucers’ (TNA: PREM 11/855) The spring of 2018 marks the 20th anniversary of my first visit to The National Arch…
From the pyramids to Stonehenge – were prehistoric people astronomers?
Ever since humans could look up to see the sky, we have been amazed by its beauty and untold mysteries. Naturally then, astronomy is often described as the oldest of the sciences, inspiring people fo…
Making metal, casting society at the Cairns, Orkney
Martin Carruthers, Site Director at The University of the Highlands and Islands Archaeology Institute research excavation at The Cairns, Orkney, talks about the latest research findings from the site…
Saudi execution rate doubles under MBS, says rights group
Executions double under Saudi Crown Prince
Iron Age burial found at Margate Caves site on the Isle of Thanet
Archaeologists struck gold on the last day of the dig at the Margate Caves site when they uncovered an Iron Age skeleton. The Iron Age skeleton [Credit: Dan Thompson] The skeleton was found to be a r…
Britain Presses U.S. to Avoid Death Penalty for ISIS Suspects
15,000-year-old artefacts discovered along Scotland's Aberdeen bypass
Artefacts and structures found during archaeological excavations on the Aberdeen Western Peripheral Route/Balmedie to Tipperty (AWPR/B-T) project are shedding light on land use and settlement in the …
Iraqi court sentences 15 Turkish women to death over joining IS group
Life in Britain during twilight of Roman empire revealed by rings
Researchers from Newcastle and Oxford Universities have for the first time catalogued in detail each of the 54 Brancaster-type rings known to exist in the UK today and say that they can be dated with…
Ancient Roman boxing gloves found during dig at Hadrian's Wall
Archaeologists have unearthed two "extremely rare" Roman boxing gloves during an excavation at the site of a fort on Hadrian's Wall. The gloves resemble leather padded bands rather than…
Pots, people and knowledge transfer
In the Late Neolithic, a new style of pottery appears among the grave goods buried with the dead in many parts of Europe. A new genetic study shows that, with one exception, its dissemination was not…
Indonesia: German, Briton arrested over alleged drug smuggling
Figure of medieval demon found under Lincoln's Eastern Bypass site
Archaeologists from Network Archaeology Ltd have teamed up with Lincolnshire Live to reveal more about the incredible artifacts from a dig along part of the route of Lincoln's Eastern Bypass. Sto…
Ancient DNA tells tales of humans' migrant history
Scientists once could reconstruct humanity's distant past only from the mute testimony of ancient settlements, bones, and artifacts. The use of stylized bell-shaped pots like this one from Sieren…