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Archaeologist Buzz Busby alongside two Roman swords.

A hidden Roman villa? A pair of "remarkable" swords might have just unlocked its ancient secrets

An aerial shot of a large expanse of green land with layered edges; the site of Maiden Castle hillfort

The Romans were blamed for massacring these Iron Age warriors. But did they actually murder themselves?

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A marble bust of the Roman Emperor Claudius

Roman invasion of Britain: did the Britons ignore them?

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

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

Aerial view reconstruction drawing of Maiden Castle

A brief guide to the British Iron Age

Gwrych Castle in Abergele, North Wales

The history of Gwrych Castle, home of I’m A Celebrity, Get Me Out Of Here

Iron Age bronze head

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This is the famous Rhynie Man carved stone, thought to be Pictish in date. (Photo by © Aberdeenshire Council Archaeology Service: www.aberdeenshire.gov.uk/archaeology)

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Old Norse: Page from the manuscript Codex Regius, which was written in Iceland and contains the poems of elder Edda. (Photo by Werner Forman/Universal Images Group/Getty Images)

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Aerial view of Dover Castle

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St Fagans Castle and gardens

A visit to St Fagans National Museum of History, Cardiff

Ivinghoe Brecon. (Image by Alamy)

The landscape of England

An aerial image of Maiden Castle, site of Britain's largest hillfort. (Photo by Robert Harding/Getty Images)

What was life like in the Iron Age? Plus 6 places in Britain to explore

8 facts about Old Sarum – an Iron Age fort, Roman settlement and medieval city