Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A previously undiscovered 1,600-year-old burial site in northern England could provide key clues about a a largely undocumented ...

New research around Stonehenge is transforming a familiar monument into the hub of a vast prehistoric logistics system. Instead of an isolated stone circle, the evidence now points to a coordinated ...

Neil Oliver continues his epic story of how Britain and its people came to be. Diving for 3,000-year-old treasure and pot-holing through an ancient copper mine, he discovers how a golden age of bronze ...

The team behind what has been described as "one of the most significant mosaics discovered in the UK" have revealed that it depicts an alternative "long-lost" telling of the Trojan War. The paper is ...

A study of ancient human DNA from a wetland region in Belgium, western Germany, and the Netherlands yielded surprising information about early British history. Hunter-gatherer genes were prevalent in ...

From the stone that unlocked hieroglyphics to towering statues and eerie mummies, the British Museum’s Ancient Egypt collection is a must-see for history lovers. ByDavid Nikel, Senior Contributor.

Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. Geoffrey of Monmouth has a lot to answer for. The medieval Welsh scholar’s various writings about ancient ...

A previously undiscovered 1,600-year-old burial site in northern England could provide key clues about a a largely undocumented period in British history, officials announced this week. The government ...