archaeology

Discovered in the Thames: something older and more wooden than Syd Little.

About 11,500 fragments of Roman pottery, 100 coins and jewellery, as well as human remains, have been uncovered by archaeologists excavating Syon Park. The 2,000 year old farming village, by a road leading west from Londinium, has been preserved a few feet below the surface …

Worst. Replica Ship. Ever. Archaeologists are probing a wharf in Deptford for remnants of The Golden Hind(e), the famous flagship of Sir Francis Drake, alerts the Standard. The learned mudlarks are trowelling their way through Convoys Wharf in the first attempt since the 1970s to …

Once again we were reminded of London’s buried history this week as bone fragments believed to date back to the Blitz were unearthed in Regent’s Park. London’s rich archaeological strata regularly comes to light, as Crossrail workmen found recently. Over in Stratford at the Olympic …

A witch bottle, yesterday. News of a somewhat diabolical nature reaches us from SE10. New Scientist relates the tale of a ‘witch bottle‘, buried for centuries in the soil of Greenwich and uncovered by builders in 2004. You can use a witch bottle to ward …

MoL archaeologists at work Wellcome’s Skeletons exhibition last year reminded us of our constant proximity to the dead and buried and last week, Crossrail was reminded of this, as human remains were discovered near the site of the future Farringdon station, possibly from 200-300 years …

London’s earliest known tidal mill has been uncovered in the peaty ooze of Greenwich Wharf. The structure dates from the late 12th Century, a time when London received its first Mayor, and King Dick was off crusading. Domesday Book notes three such mills in Greenwich …

For many of us, the idea of Knights will always be intrinsically linked to Monty Python and The Holy Grail. All those moments and dire rhymes in song (“We are Knights of the Round Table and we dance whenever we are able”; Sir Robin the …

We’ve long been fans of Museum of London, its Docklands sister and terribly good archaeological arm. To complement the physical refit their London Wall home is undergoing, the group has today announced a colourful rebranding, and simplification of its different parts to Museum of London, …

Here’s an idea. Build temporary cofferdams in historic stretches of the Thames so that archaeologists can really get to work. It’s amazing what you can find beneath a river that’s served a city for 2000 years. Image by M@. Got an idea for a Touch …