A newly discovered Triassic reptile from the UK looked more like a racing greyhound than a crocodile, built for speed on land ...

Archaeologists have unearthed an astonishing collection of metalwork in North Yorkshire, shedding new light on the power, wealth, and transport of Late Iron Age Britain. The Melsonby hoards, ...

Charred hazelnut shells discovered at an archaeological site in Cornwall have pushed back the date for the arrival of the Neolithic period in the region by at least a century. New radiocarbon dating ...

A landmass that once connected Britain to mainland Europe had temperate forests that could have sustained Stone Age people ...

Revealing why Averbury was one of the best villages in the UK, Which? explained: "Few places in the world can match Avebury's unique setting, where the world's largest stone circle encompasses ...

“The prolonged and extreme drought seems to have occurred during a particularly poor period for Roman Britain,” Andreas ...

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New findings suggest humans mastered fire far earlier than believed, transforming diets, social life, and survival in ancient ...

Spring has sprung and the Easter holidays are fast approaching. It’s a beautiful time of year, when much of Britain is in bloom and the kids have time to play – and yet planning a day out can be a ...

Ancient DNA preserved in seabed sediments suggests Doggerland hosted temperate forests far earlier than expected.

Dragged along by my dad to see Pentangle, I heard something ancient that kickstarted my obsession with this country’s folklore – an enchanted, subversive and strange version of a Britain where I could ...

Ancient DNA reveals that the Goths of eastern Europe, some of whom would ultimately sack the city of Rome, may have been a mix of peoples from three continents ...