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 ...

Long before Romans and kings, ancient tribes shaped the land and vanished into legend. Their stories, hidden in earth and stone, reveal a Britain few have ever imagined.

Stonehenge, one of the most iconic prehistoric monuments in the world, has long captivated historians, archaeologists, and tourists alike. This ancient stone circle located on England’s Salisbury ...

When you imagine life for ordinary people in ancient Britain, you’d be forgiven for picturing quaint villages where everyone looked and spoke the same way. But a recent study could change the way ...

New research revealing a major migration to the island of Great Britain offers fresh insights into the languages spoken at the time, the ancestry of present-day England and Wales, and even ancient ...

(CNN) — He’s the mythical Celtic warlord who held out against the Anglo Saxon invasion of what would come to be called England. His right-hand man was a wizard, he was handed his famous sword by a ...

Neil Oliver travels back to ice age Britain as he begins the epic story of the evolution of the land and its occupants over thousands of years of ancient history. In this episode he describes a ...

Sam Walters is the associate editor at Discover Magazine who writes and edits articles covering topics like archaeology, paleontology, ecology, and evolution, and manages a few print magazine sections ...