In my previous two columns I explored some of the known for their medieval and later histories, and for their towering urban…
We think of villas as the grand farmhouses of the Roman countryside. But were they? Bryn Walters takes a fresh look at…
In the second part of our mini-series based on Barry Cunliffe’s new book Europe between the Oceans, our focus is the period…
The perception that much of prehistory was relatively peaceful is changing. New research has identified evidence of violent assault in the Neolithic.…
Did 9th century Anglo-Saxon propaganda distort the records for the turbulent 5th and 6th centuries? Rather than Briton versus Anglo-Saxon — as…
Barry Cunliffe’s latest book represents the synthesis of half a century studying the archaeology of Europe, an achievement comparable with that of…
The British Museum’s Richard Hobbs has been playing detective — investigating the 60-year-old mystery surrounding the spectacular Mildenhall Treasure and here he…
A neglected and deprived part of Belfast has been excavated by archaeologists to reveal its transformation from 17th century farmland to squalid,…
The Staffordshire Hoard has thrown up a problem. It is it is all very well to say the finder or the landowner…
Thirty years ago, David Breeze and Brian Dobson wrote a history of Hadrian’s Wall from the archaeological evidence. Still in print in…
In the centuries while Eastern England succumbed to Germanic takeover, Britannia Prima still flew the flag for Rome. Only in 1278, when…