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Bronze Age

Alice Roberts, author of Ancestors: A Prehistory of Britain in Seven Burials

Alice Roberts“Graves are like time capsules – little microcosms of prehistoric culture".

King Arthur and a hand holding the sword Excalibur.

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A rare jewelled late Medieval cluster brooch,

Unburied treasures.

Chew Valley Hoard

Unburied treasures: the 10 greatest discoveries made by the British public.

Newgrange Passage Tombs, Boyne Valley, County Meath, Ireland. (Photo by Hoberman Collection/Universal Images Group via Getty Images)

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The engine houses of Botallack mine in Cornwall

A visit to Botallack Mine, Cornwall.

Scythians: the art of war.

Photo of pipe and tobacco

Q&ADid people smoke anything before tobacco was discovered?

Clock gears in motion

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Revealed: Racton Man was Bronze Age warrior chief

Diorite stela inscribed with the laws of King Hammurabi of Babylon, around 3,800 years ago. Hammurabi sits enthroned at top of the stela. (Photo by Art Media/Print Collector/Getty Images)

Q&AWho first attempted to regulate medicine?

A reconstructed round house at Flag Fen, Peterborough, Cambridgeshire. (Alamy)

History Explorer: Life in the Bronze Age.

The North Sea and Bronze Age remains.

Researchers go into battle to test Bronze Age weapons

Queen Matilda.