Fossil Tour Guide Stumbles on a Rare Purple Dinosaur Footprint While Exploring an Island Ancient footprints are always ...

By the ninth century, the country was divided into four kingdoms - Northumbria, Mercia, East Anglia and Wessex. Wessex was the only one of these kingdoms to survive the Viking invasions.

Now, archaeologists working on excavating the castle have discovered defensive stakes known as an “abatis” in the castle’s moat, according to a Feb. 28 news release from Wessex Archaeology ...