Tracing the impact – and the experiences – of the Roman army in Britain A major new exhibition at the British Museum…
Isurium Brigantum was a thriving and prosperous Roman town in what is now North Yorkshire, but it has attracted relatively little modern…
Four hundred years ago, the Mayflower carried around 100 would-be colonists across the Atlantic to found Plymouth Plantation in Massachusetts. What can…
As we find online resources more necessary than ever, we have put together a selection of options to ensure that you can…
In the previous two issues, I began on the Wirral coast of Merseyside, before heading inland to Liverpool and Greater Manchester, and…
In this month’s ‘Science Notes’, we explore the evolution of the Y chromosome in Neanderthals and Denisovans (an extinct subspecies of humans,…
What should I call my book? As some of you may know, I am spending my retirement, or semi-retirement, on writing what…
A large study, led by researchers from the University of Copenhagen, has mapped the DNA of the Viking world. The results paint…
Archaeological investigations at Shrewsbury Castle have provided surprising insights into the make-up of some of its defences.…
In 2012, an extensive excavation was carried out in the Stoke Quay area of Ipswich by Oxford Archaeology and Pre-Construct Archaeology. Covering…
xcavations within the West Ward of Bamburgh Castle in Northumberland have revealed the partial foundations of what appears to have been a…