A longhouse whose foundations were made from entire tree trunks has been discovered in Monmouth, Wales. The structure, which had been placed on top of stones that had been heated and doused with water, perhaps as a type of sauna, sat next to a lake that silted up long ago. “We think it could be from […]

Belgian archaeologists have unearthed the complete remains of a soldier on the Waterloo battlefield. The young man is thought to have been killed on June 18, 1815. His skeleton, a musket ball in his ribs, a spoon, a coin, a leather strap, and a piece of wood carved with the initials C.B. were covered by […]