The news that the Bayeux Tapestry will be making a once-in-a-lifetime visit to Britain from September 2026 until July 2027 made me…
The Society of Antiquaries celebrated its tercentenary in fine style on 25th April 2007 with a contested election for president.…
‘Flames were in their eyes, and in their teeth whiteness, and in their whole body a noisome blackness appeared…’…
In a gravel pit at Boxgrove, just outside Chichester, the remains of a man have been discovered, half a million years old.…
Burial chambers of the Neolithic In the Neolithic – the New Stone Age – the older you were, the more important you…
A large Bronze Age boat has recently been discovered at Dover. Keith Parfitt, of the Canterbury Archaeological Trust, reports.…
The Celts were warriors, and the most prominent remains of the Iron Age are the great hillforts, surrounded by banks and ditches…
The great Iron Age hoards discovered at Snettisham in Norfolk form the richest Iron Age treasure ever discovered in this country.…
A rich burial dating to within 20 years after the Roman conquest has just been excavated in a gravel quarry at Stanway,…
Most Roman towns were sited either over previous towns, or over Roman forts. London was unusual in that it appears to have…
Roman documents discovered Probably the most important – and certainly the most dramatic discoveries made in Roman Britain in the 20th century…