DNA evidence shows surprise cultural connections between Britain and Europe 8,000 years ago
Published in the journal Science, the researchers suggest that the most plausible explanation for the wheat reaching the site is that Mesolithic Britons maintained social and trade networks spreading across Europe.
‘They came, they saw, they conquered’: The Roman legionary fortress at Caerleon
Caerleon is one of the most important sites for the study of the Roman period in Britain as it was the location of one of only three permanent legionary fortresses here.
Roman and Pictish silver hoard uncovered in Scotland
Archaeologists from the University of Aberdeen’s Northern Picts project and National Museums Scotland have unearthed a hoard of Late Roman and Pictish silver buried in a field in Aberdeenshire.
Roman-Britons had less gum disease than modern Britons
The Roman-British population from c. 200-400 AD appears to have had far less gum disease than we have today, according to a study of skulls at the Natural History Museum led by a King’s College London periodontist.
Roman-Britons had less gum disease than modern Britons
The Roman-British population from c. 200-400 AD appears to have had far less gum disease than we have today, according to a study of skulls at the Natural History Museum led by a King’s College London periodontist.
Parts of an Iron Age chariot discovered in England
Archaeologists in England have made a ‘once-in-a-career’ discovery of the decorated bronze remains of an Iron Age chariot.
Huge Roman Coin Hoard found in England
A hoard of 22,000 Roman coins has been unearthed near the English town of Seaton in East Devon. The ‘Seaton Hoard’ of copper-alloy Roman coins is one of the largest and best preserved fourth-century collections to have ever been found in Britain.
The Prevalence of Christianity in Roman Britain to AD 410
Popular mythology claims that Joseph of Arimathea introduced Christianity into Britain in AD 63 when he brought the Holy Grail to Glastonbury after Christ’s crucifixion. As this story demonstrates, a befuddling mix of myth, tradition and fact dominates the period preceding the Roman withdrawal.
Hidden Stonehenge Revealed
A host of previously unknown archaeological monuments have been discovered around Stonehenge as part of an unprecedented digital mapping project
'Pompeii of the North' threatened by land sale
A major Roman archaeological site in northern England could be threatened by development, as the Church of England plans to sell off the land it sits on.