The skeletons of 51 young men, possibly Vikings, have been found entangled in a 1,000-year-old pit in southern England. Their heads were stacked neatly to one side. “The majority seem to have taken multiple blows,” said David Score of Oxford Archaeology. Italy is seeking restitution of some 1,000 artifacts from bankrupt British antiquities dealer Robin […]

A Roman field hospital is being excavated in the Czech Republic, at what was once the northernmost outpost of the Empire in central Europe. An anonymous package sent from the Czech Republic arrived at the Museum of Macedonia, where curators opened it and discovered a child’s bronze ring. “Judging from its model, the ring is […]