When Martin Bates left his geophysical equipment to take its readings and wandered down to the beach at Happisburgh he made a…
The Staffordshire Hoard has been assembled in its entirety for the first time since its excavation, revealing a wealth of clues about…
Archaeologists have found the earliest human footprints known outside Africa, at Happisburgh on the Norfolk coast. Dating back 800,000 years, the prints…
When did the first people arrive in what is now Britain? Ongoing research into an extraordinary concentration of Palaeolithic sites on the…
When was Britain first colonised by early humans? The famous Boxgrove bones, found in the 1990s, date back about 500,000 years, and…
A fragment of human pelvis excavated in Winchester is ‘very likely’ to be part of the remains of King Alfred the Great…
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…
Chris Catling looks at what we have gained in the 40 years since the passing of the landmark Protection of Wrecks Act…
The Early Anglo-Saxon tradition of burying the dead in their finery has bequeathed some of Britain’s most spectacular archaeology, from the regal…