How a third-century Roman soldier named Carausius was behind the first ‘Brexit’
From the first to the fifth centuries AD, Britain – though not officially Scotland, which lay beyond the frontier at Hadrian’s Wall – was part
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New research indicates that Alfred the Great probably wasn’t that great
The Last Kingdom – BBC’s historical drama set in the time of Alfred the Great’s war with the Vikings – has returned to our screens
New App for Discovering the Hidden History of London
Announcing the launch of a new App directory on iTunes & Google Play from the London History Group.
A cultural catch
The Tlingit and Haida, indigenous peoples of the Northwest Coast (NWC), have used carved wooden hooks to catch halibut for centuries. As modern fishing technology
Study rewrites the history of corn in corn country
A new study contradicts decades of thought, research and teaching on the history of corn cultivation in the American Bottom, a floodplain of the Mississippi
The detective work behind the Budj Bim eel traps World Heritage bid
Last month, Prime Minister Malcom Turnbull visited the Gunditjmara community of southwest Victoria to announce that the federal government had included the Budj Bim cultural
How King Arthur became one of the most pervasive legends of all time
King Arthur is one of, if not the, most legendary icons of medieval Britain. His popularity has lasted centuries, mostly thanks to the numerous incarnations
How we discovered that people have been cooking plants in pots for 10,000 years
The benefits of eating vegetables is one of the first lessons we try to teach our often reluctant children. Six million years ago, they wouldn’t
Palaeolithic art developed from public galleries towards more private exhibitions
The study of Palaeolithic art is "one of the few tools we have to find out about the culture and society of prehistoric groups," said
Mythbusting Ancient Rome – the truth about the vomitorium
After gorging on a feast of sausages, blood pudding, young sow’s udder, sea bream, lobster, mullet, Attic honey, and Syrian dates, all washed down with
Archaeologist: the A303 is a crucial part of Stonehenge’s setting
Stonehenge has a traffic problem. The A303 has been the UK government’s preferred trunk road from London to the West Country since 1958 – but
A century on: the mysterious cause and tragic legacy of London’s biggest explosion
It was the most destructive explosion ever to blast London. A century ago, Silvertown, a small community in east London, was devastated by an explosion
The fake news that sealed the fate of Antony and Cleopatra
The papers and social media are today full of claims of fake news; back and forth the accusations fly that one side of the political
Archaeological examination of palatial Crete
The palace civilisations of Crete in mainland Greece are buildings that illustrate phenomenal architecture and artistic designs that are distinctive when compared to surrounding Asian
Why we built an artificial cave to teach our students about ancient art
There are hundreds of books with illustrations of the earliest human artworks. Images of bison, mammoth, lions and horses from famous cave sites like Chauvet,
Art and science students at Kingston University London blend cutting-edge technology with creative techniques in research project that delves into the secrets of the Thames Tunnel
London’s iconic Thames Tunnel – the first tunnel ever built under a river – has become the setting for a project that saw Kingston University
Over 1000 sites given listed protection in 2016
From Britain’s oldest water chute ride in Northamptonshire, Crimean War gunboat sheds and a rare clapper bridge to a recently exposed shipwreck in Somerset and
Scientists still don’t understand the Anthropocene – and they’re going about it the wrong way
The Anthropocene Epoch – a new geological era in which humans are the dominant force for change – is real and started sometime around 1950.
Development of new techniques makes it possible to date Australian Aboriginal rock art
A new technique, developed at ANSTO’s Centre for Accelerator Science, has made it possible to produce some of the first reliable radiocarbon dates for Australian
Separate but unequal: the sad fate of Aboriginal heritage in Western Australia
There is systemic discrimination against Aboriginal heritage in Western Australia. This does not come from a racist administrator somewhere who hates Aboriginal heritage, but from
The coldest decade of the millennium? How the cold 1430s led to famine and disease
While searching through historical archives to find out more about the 15th-century climate of what is now Belgium, northern France, Luxembourg, and the Netherlands, Chantal
Before race mattered: what archives tell us about early encounters in the French colonies
As Europe expanded its overseas colonies, fixed ideas of racial differences took hold. Historian Dr Mélanie Lamotte, whose forebears include a slave, is researching a