General prehistory

An aerial photo of Stonehenge

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An 18th-century marble relief depicting Julius Caesar invading Britain by John Deare, a British neo-classical sculptor. (Photo by: Universal History Archive/UIG via Getty Images)

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Battle of Culloden

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

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Stonehenge: Not a henge, but certainly a stone circle, and a very long-lived centre of human activity. (Getty Images)

Your guide to Britain’s prehistoric stone circles

The front facade of the prehistoric chambered tomb of Wayland's Smithy

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A Pictish stone carving featuring a salmon

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Image of a medieval skull showing arrow injury

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View of the Norse Buildings, L'Anse aux Meadows National Historic Site, Newfoundland. (Photo by Alamy)

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Medieval globetrotters

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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Callanish standing stone circle, Isle of Lewis, Scotland. (Photo by Dreamstime)

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The Eridge Hunt, Boxing Day 1952. (Photo by REX/Associated Newspapers)

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A brief history of Boxing Day

Tourists at Stonehenge

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Stonehenge: a prehistoric tourist trap

The fact that so many cultures have a myth about a devastating flood has led some historians to wonder if there may have been a real event that explains the myths. (Photo by Fine Art Images/Heritage Images/Getty Images)

General prehistory

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Stonehenge

General prehistory

Britain’s key archaeological discoveries