Massive Iron Age hoard in England reveals rare four-wheeled wagons and ritual destruction

Archaeologists in northern England have uncovered one of the largest Iron Age metal hoards ever found in Britain, and the find is changing long-held ideas about transport, wealth, and elite life before the Roman conquest...

More information: https://archaeologymag.com/2026/03/iron-age-hoard-in-england-four-wheeled-wagons/

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The Broch at Levenwick

This photograph looks across the Burn of Burgadies, which drains the Loch of Levenwick towards the sea. Beyond the boggy, pool-scattered moor, the broch stands sentinel on the higher ground. This rather damp approach from the nearest tarmac at Southpunds may go some way towards explaining why this remarkable site rarely features in visitors’ plans ...

http://www.fhithich.uk/2026/05/23/the-broch-at-levenwick/

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Mousa: Beyond the Broch

Rising from the rocky shores of Mousa, this 13-metre-high drystone tower is more than an ancient ruin; it is a marvel of Iron Age engineering. Known as the best-preserved broch in the world, Mousa has stood defiant for over 2,000 years.

But what exactly was a broch? These circular, double-walled towers are unique to Scotland. While archaeologists still d ...

http://www.fhithich.uk/2026/05/21/mousa-beyond-the-broch/

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40,000-year-old European engravings reveal structured sign systems, study finds

More than 40,000 years ago, people in Europe carved repeated lines, dots, notches, and crosses into tools and small sculptures. A new study argues these sequences were not random decoration. They formed structured sign systems with a measurable capacity to encode information...

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Iron Age mass killing in Serbia: 77 women and children found in 2,800-year-old grave at Gomolava

Archaeologists at Gomolava in northern Serbia have documented one of the largest prehistoric mass killings in Europe. Inside a shallow pit dating to the ninth century BCE, they found the remains of 77 people who died in a single episode of violence about 2,800 years ago. Most of the dead were women and children...

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