After extensive research, Dr Chris Caple from Durham University has determined that the Yarm helmet – discovered in the 1950s by workmen…
A recent study has detected a previously unknown ancient clade of the variola virus (VARV) – the causative agent of smallpox –…
In his introduction, W B Bartlett denies he is making any attempt to write a ‘definitive history’ of the great sweep of…
Our cover feature takes us 16 years back in time to revisit a justly famous Essex excavation. Found in 2003, the burial…
Four decades on from the extraordinary Anglo-Scandinavian discoveries of the Coppergate excavations in 1976-1981, York Archaeological Trust is running an oral history…
A team from the University of Bristol, led by Cat Jarman and Mark Horton, is reanalysing the Viking site at Repton in…
One hundred years ago this month, the Representation of the People Act 1918 made political history, giving British women the vote for…
Thomas Williams William Collins, £25 ISBN 978-0008171933 Review CH The image of Vikings as marauding barbarians is one that we have all…
Revealing the heart of Viking Dublin Between 1974 and 1981, excavations in Dublin’s historic centre revealed a vast swathe of intact archaeology…
Why were Pictish symbols carved into Trusty’s Hill, far to the south of where they usually occur? Investigation of a hillfort towering…