A new book offers a comprehensive and heartbreaking account of the most terrible catastrophe to befall Ireland in the modern ...

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Archeologists have uncovered the burial in Liternum, an ancient town in Campania that flourished from the 1st century BC to ...

A vivid tour through the route of the Roman invasion of prehistoric Scotland prompts reflections on Scotland as a colonised ...

When Christianity became state-sponsored under leaders such as Constantine and Theodosius, governments systematically ...

The researchers said the site provides a “fascinating insight” into the environmental preferences and behaviours of dinosaurs from the Middle Jurassic period ...

One of the biggest mysteries of Roman Britain is the disappearance of the Ninth Legion. As 5,000 of Rome’s finest […] ...

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Until now, archaeologists believed the helmet made its way to Britain from Sweden. But a new discovery casts doubt on the ...

In Britain, archaeologists have found Iranian and Egyptian beads, Scandinavian amber items, Aegean metalwork, Cypriot and ...

I wrote about the differences between British English and American English. It made me think about language and the origins of ...