Britain’s first vertical space launch will take place on the site of an ancient Bronze Age

The movement of people into southern Britain during the Bronze Age has been traced using ancient

closer to home, however, lies a “ Bronze Age Pompeii ”.... A horse’s spine was also found nearby

It is not yet clear whether the three were related to each other and, if so, how.“ The sword and the burial still need to be examined so that our archeologists can categorize this find more precisely, ” said the head of the office, Mathias Pfeil.... “ But we can already say that the state of preservation is extraordinary.... A find like this is very rare.” It's unusual to find swords from the period, but they have emerged from burial mounds that were opened in the 19th century or as individual

The coffin, which measures roughly 10ft by 3ft, was carved from a single oak log, while the interior was padded with yew and juniper leaves.... The whole ensemble was then buried under a gravel mound. Mark Casswell, who owns the golf club, said: “ My family farmed here for years before we opened the golf course and I’d never have imagined that there was a whole other world there buried under the fields.... It’s certainly something to think about while you’re playing your way round the course.”

LONDON( NYTIMES)-In July 2018, Dr Hugh Willmott was overseeing the excavation of an Anglo-Saxon burial site in north-east England when a regional preservation official told him about a potentially more exciting find. Just down the road, at Tetney Golf Club, a local golf course, workers digging in a small pond with a giant excavator had hit something extremely unexpected: Aprehistoric coffin containing the skeletal remains of a man. When Dr Willmott, an archaeologist and senior lecturer at the Un

Splendor of China's Bronze Age", showcases more than 260 works from ancient Chinese Chu and Zeng kingdoms

Japan's Mima Ito plays against Singapore's Yu Mengyu in the women's table tennis singles bronze

demographic fix to healthy aging in China, even if the one-child policy is relaxed, since fertility is

.... Reach out via SecureDrop. TALKING POINTSThe U.S. and China aren’t ready to call it quits just yet