New East Digs Yield Centuries-Old Relics | UNC-Chapel Hill

New East digs yield centuries-old relics | UNC-Chapel Hill

On a sunny morning in late April, a group of Carolina faculty and students hunched down on the ground outside New East and sifted through the dirt for artifacts. A small white sign outside the building read: “Archaeological dig in progress.” Led by research archaeologist and adjunct assistant professor Mary Beth Fitts, the dig was the second of the spring semester outside New East. The first, in February, was prompted by grounds workers digging …

Archaeologists Make Shocking Discovery in 6th-Century Relic

Researchers working at the famous archaeological site Sutton Hoo made a shocking discovery within a copper bucket originally found decades ago.

In excavations on a future stream in the east, archaeologists have made a special discovery! Which, you read here.