AMESBURY, ENGLAND — The mysterious circle of stones that rises on Salisbury Plain near here has stood as an archaeological marvel for thousands of years, its origins and purpose shrouded in the mists of history.

But a just-completed excavation of…

MANY secrets of one of the country’s most successful Viking communities are to remain buried after the Minister for the Environment decided on only limited excavation of the hidden settlement. 
 

A plan for research at the 1,000-year-old Woodstown…

Archaeologists and scientists have revealed that 1,000 years ago cod was traded extraordinary distances across Europe, from the Norwegian Arctic to England and the Baltic.

The research may force yet another revision of the image of the Vikings, from longship…