Ailgodi adfeilion: Pentre Ifan
Rising from ruins. Pentre Ifan as it may have originally looked © cadwwales The third in a new series of videos that use CGI technology to restore some of Wales’s most iconic landmarks to their...
View ArticleSecrets of a Celtic Princess
DW reports on a new exhibition of the 2,600 year-old burial chamber of a ‘Celtic Princess’ which was first discovered near Stuttgart in 2010. The burial chamber of the “Celtic Princess of the...
View ArticleThe Amphipolis, Kasta Tomb: Αμφίπολη, Τύμβος Καστά
Created by Dimitrios Tsalkanis www.AncientAthens3d.com © 2014 A digital 3d reconstruction of the newly discovered tomb in Kasta hill of ancient Amphipolis, in Macedonia, Greece. Published on 13...
View ArticlePyramid of Cestius restoration now complete
The Pyramid of Cestius by Giovanni Battista Piranesi (18th century) Source Wikimedia Commons The Wikipedia entry for the Pyramid of Cestius (or Rome Pyramid) reads – The pyramid was built about...
View ArticleHierarchies in the Neolithic?
Carn Wnda Cromlech (Dolmen), Pembrokeshire, Wales © The Heritage Trust Did Neolithic people have hierarchies? Almost certainly. Writing in the New Historian, Irina Slav, reports that – A study...
View ArticleThe Jersey Hoard: Update
By Roy Goutté On the 17th September 2015 I finally got to see the ‘Jersey Hoard’, a fantastic hoard of mixed silver and copper coins discovered in Jersey back in 2012 and said to weigh...
View ArticleTakamatsuzuka Star Chart exhibition closes
The Star Chart on the ceiling of the Takamatsuzuka burial mound in western Japan Image credit Yuta Takahashi for the The Asahi Shimbun The famous Takamatsuzuka Kofun (高松塚古墳) burial mound...
View ArticleThe Never Ending Story…
Jersey’s Dolmen de Mont Ubé under siege by vandals. Unless otherwise stated text and images © Roy Goutté. Graffiti on the Dolmen de Mont Ubé, St Clement, Jersey Source Jersey Evening Post. Image...
View ArticleTreasures from the ancient Japanese mounded tombs
William Gowland standing in the main burial chamber of one of the Tsukahara Kofun mounds © Trustees of the British Museum A workshop entitled Treasures from the ancient Japanese mounded tombs:...
View ArticleThe Cornish Collection: Boscawen-un Stone Circle
The first in a new series highlighting Cornwall’s megalithic masterpieces. One: Boscawen-un Stone Circle. Unless otherwise stated text and images © Roy Goutté Boscawen-un Stone Circle (SW 41222737)...
View ArticleThe Cornish Collection: The Stripple Stones
The second in a new series highlighting Cornwall’s megalithic masterpieces. Part Two: The Stripple Stones… Cornwall’s premier stone circle fights back. Unless otherwise stated text and images © Roy...
View ArticleBack-Track Part 2: Hero to Zero!
Nine Stones Altarnun Image credit and © Roy Goutté In a new series, Roy Goutté delves into the archives to search out some interesting old Cornish archaeological articles, stories, tales and chapters...
View ArticleThe Rillaton Barrow and the Rillaton Gold Cup
Sketch of the Rillaton Barrow and the Rillaton Gold Cup and Dagger Artist unknown Workmen engaged in construction work in 1837 plundered a burial cairn for stone on part of Bodmin Moor, at...
View ArticlePrehistoric patterns found at an ancient Welsh burial chamber
Side view of the south-eastern chamber looking south-west The University of Bristol News reports on the complex prehistoric patterns discovered around the site of ancient Welsh burial chamber –...
View ArticleNewly discovered ‘Jumbo Jet-sized’ void discovered in the Great Pyramid of Giza
Sarah Knapton, Science Editor on The Telegraph, reports on a newly discovered ‘Jumbo Jet-sized’ void discovered in the Great Pyramid of Giza. The void is around 100ft long and the same height as the...
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