Today, Smallhythe Place in Kent is best known as a bohemian rural retreat once owned by the Victorian actress Ellen Terry and…
On the 10th February, under a cloak of secrecy, the remarkable artefacts in the Staffordshire Hoard were reunited for the first time…
When Martin Bates left his geophysical equipment to take its readings and wandered down to the beach at Happisburgh he made a…
When was Britain first colonised by early humans? The famous Boxgrove bones, found in the 1990s, date back about 500,000 years, and…
News of the Crosby Garrett helmet’s discovery in 2010was swiftly tempered by disappointment when the museum seeking to acquire it was outbid…
The number of wrecks off England’s coast is a stark reminder of our reliance on shipping: 37,000 vessels, cargoes, and even ditched…
Tracking the movement of ancient armies is notoriously difficult. On those occasions when a mobile force threw up a bank and ditch…