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Archaeologists

The Ibis Hotel in York

Archaeologists to excavate site in Yorkshire where Roman fortress once stood

Diggers working on the curtain wall at Brough

Unexpected feature revealed by dig on Roman site in Yorkshire playing field

Evie Numan, 10, picked the piece up at a National Trust estate in Surrey, thinking it was a rock.

Girl on National Trust site walk discovers 6,000-year-old artefact

Ronnie and Alfie found the 2kg of ambergris on Leven beach (Pic: Ronnie Humphreys)

Father and son duo discover rare ambergris on beach walk

Bridlington Links Golf Club at Danes Dyke

Archaeologists find Iron Age farm beneath holiday park on the Yorkshire coast

Dr Jim Leary pictured at Skipsea Castle in East Yorkshire. The Castle and its grounds are going to be used for archaeological investigations. Picture by Simon Hulme 30th January 2023

New dig planned at Skipsea Castle in Yorkshire to probe Iron Age origins

Church Street, the historic centre of Kirk Hammerton

Archaeologists to search for prehistoric henge beneath Yorkshire village

The wreck of the Klein Hollandia (Photo: Cathy de Lara)

Shipwreck off UK coast identified as 17th century Dutch warship

Archaeologists, students and volunteers made the discoveries on the outskirts of Scarborough. (Photo: University of Chester)

Stone Age settlement with rare artefacts discovered in Scarborough

Dr Cat Jarman and Dr Daniel Young

Archaeologists confirm Norman-era fortification in the centre of Sheffield

Dr Cat Jarman and Dr Daniel Young

Archaeologists reveal more about Sheffield Castle site

Remains of the monastic farm

Archaeologists make 'almost unheard of' discoveries at Yorkshire medieval farm

The foundations of various buildings on the Milner Field estate are still visible

Archaeologists' fears that ruins of mansion have been removed without permission

: Remains of Roman villa and kilns found during archaeological dig in Wakefield village

Remains of Roman villa and kilns found during archaeological dig

Spain’s Field Farm

Derelict rural farmhouse dismantled and rebuilt 22 miles away

The dig on the A63 in Hull  Pic: Highways England / SWNS.COM

BBC's Digging for Britain to reveal fascinating dig in Hull graveyard

The amateur metal detectorist is just 13

Metal detectorist, 13, finds 'once in a lifetime' bronze age axe hoard

Staithes Harbour

Archaeologists discover lost tunnel during BBC filming in Staithes

National Trust archaeologist Mark Newman at Fountains Abbey

Archaeologists' radar reveals large-scale leather tannery at Fountains Abbey

View of Brompton Castle Hill looking south showing the excavation (image S. Temlett/SAHS)

Archaeologists unearth 'important' 12th Century building in Scarborough

Volunteer Lucy Crosbie cleaning one of the many cow skulls placed round the shrine Picture: Jonathan Gawthorpe

Iron Age 'shrine' discovered in Wolds surrounded by cow skulls and bones
ARCHAEOLOGISTS have found an intriguing ancient Iron Age "shrine" in the Yorkshire Wolds, which was marked out by carefully placed animal skulls and bones.

Archaeologists at work on the dig Picture: Jonathan Gawthorpe

Latest finds from Hull archaeological dig reveals victim of docklands disaster

Richmond Castle

Dig at Richmond Castle reveals coin from William the Conqueror's reign

A team of 70 archaeologists is working on the site off the Mytongate roundabout in Hull Picture: Jonathan Gawthorpe

Hull dig uncovers evidence of precautions against bodysnatching

Image from the dig showing the intensely burned area  Credit Stephen Sherlock

Neolithic saltworks discovered on Yorkshire coast

Scaffolding surrounds Clifford's Tower in York

Archaeologists working at Clifford's Tower make 'fascinating' discovery

Builders make fascinating archaeological finds on the site of Leeds' oldest stre...

The stonehammer discovered under the North Sea

Archaeologists explore lost underwater world of hunter gatherers

This moustachioed figure, part of a decorated clay pipe bowl, has been unearthed as part of the dig on the Trinity burial ground in Hull Picture: Highways England

Mysterious buildings found in dig shed new light on the early history of Hull

File pic: A boat in front of the offshore wind farm off Withernsea on the East Coast

Dig for ancient remains on cable route from Britain's biggest wind farm

The Phase Eight shop in Saturday Market Picture: Google Maps

Archaeologists to look for medieval remains at the back of Beverley shop

The submarine sank off Flamborough Head in 1917

German submarine wreck sunk in 1917 surveyed for the first time
Marine historians have surveyed the wreck of a German U-boat which sank off the Yorkshire coast in 1917 for the first time.

Archaeologists at work near Scotch Corner

Findings of archaeological dig under A1 in North Yorkshire are revealed

An animation showing where the pits were discovered

Yorkshire archaeologists sensationally discover new prehistoric site near Stoneh...

Archaeology work is ongoing at the Guildhill site as it undergoes a 20m renovation.

Archaeologists find human remains 'thought to be monks' under York's Guildhall

More than 600neatly stacked beer bottles were found hidden.

Archaeologists discover hidden beer on old Leeds brewery site

Thornton Abbey gatehouse

The largest Black Death mass grave outside London has been found near the Humber

York Minster standing proud on the skyline of York.  Camera Details: Camera, Nikon D5 Lens, Nikon 70-200mm Shutter Speed, 1/500sec Aperture, f/8 ISO, 100. Photo: James Hardisty

How efforts to protect York Minster saw stained glass removed and hidden in bomb...

John Oxley by the Plague Stone on Hob Moor.

The York archaeologist stepping down after 30 years talks about his career highl...

The Archbishop of York Dr John Sentamu lighting candles at Bishopthorpe Palace, in York.

Archbishop of York Dr John Sentamu on faith, Advent and his love for the people ...

York Minster

Archaeologists who saved York Minster from collapse return to the Undercroft 50 ...

The Multangular Tower is one of the few remaining sections of Roman wall in York

Porta Decumana: Everything we know about the hidden Roman gateway in York that c...

The foundations of the lost village of Wharram Percy

The 'zombies' of Wharram Percy: The story of the mutilated bodies found in a Yor...

The horse skeletons were buried to look as if they were leaping out of the grave

Five of the most remarkable Neolithic, Iron Age and Tudor finds in Yorkshire in ...

Archaeological site - King Henry V111's fortress in Hull

Archaeologists dig up Henry V111 fortress

The Sheffield Pals pictured in 1914

Uncovering the secrets of Sheffield's students of the Somme

Archaeologists uncover Iron Age monument in Yorkshire

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Volunteer archaeologists from the Time Travellers undertaking preliminary excavation of the Roman signal station at Whirlow Hall Farm, Sheffield

Discovery of Roman signal box is '˜first evidence of forgotten frontier'

The execution of the laser scan of the rock shelter and its landscape (Photo: K. Walsh)

York archaeologists shine a light on 8,000 years of human history in the French ...

A new beginning for Egypts ancient capital  A team of archaeologists from the University of York is playing a pivotal role in a major project to give a new lease of life to the ruins of the capital of Ancient Egypt.

How Yorkshire archaeologists are helping to give a new lease of life to Egypt's ...

Jerry Hall announced her engagement this week, but to who?

Quiz of the week: How much do you remember about the last seven days?

Professor Vince Gaffney

Bringing to life ancient land lost under sea

Victorian baby teeth ‘could predict disease’

Ruth Whyte, an archaeologist  for the York Archaeological Trust  looking at the skull of one of the 12 skeletons found in the city.

Power workers dig up 12 medieval skeletons in York

Cliffords Tower, York. Picture by Gerard Binks

Delving deeper into foundations of tower

Find gets to
the bottom of
Roman life

Experts hail ‘Pompeii of the North’ as spectacular Roman remains uncovered

Roman and Late Iron Age coins which were discovered in the Reynard's Cave and Kitchen cavern in Dovedale in the Peak District

Treasure trove of Roman coins found in Peak District cave

Battlefield ‘contaminated’ by re-enactment groups to be searched by Yorkshire ac...

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