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Bronze Age

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

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

King Arthur and a hand holding the sword Excalibur.
Anglo-Saxon

The legends of King Arthur: everything you wanted to know

A rare jewelled late Medieval cluster brooch,
Anglo-Saxon

Unburied treasures

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Anglo-Saxon

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)
Medieval

Blog Medieval(ish) matters #9: Do early medieval Irish texts shed light on prehistoric incest?

The engine houses of Botallack mine in Cornwall
Georgian

A visit to Botallack Mine, Cornwall

(Image by the British Museum)
Bronze Age

Scythians: the art of war

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Stuart

Q&A Did people smoke anything before tobacco was discovered?

Clock gears in motion
Ancient Egypt

Q&A Why are there 24 hours in a day?

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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)
Bronze Age

Q&A Who first attempted to regulate medicine?

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

History Explorer: Life in the Bronze Age

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Bronze Age

The North Sea and Bronze Age remains

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Bronze Age

Could this be the skeleton of a Bronze Age king?

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Bronze Age

Middle Bronze Age skulls and arrowheads discovered in Cambridge

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