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General prehistory

A statue of Tollund Man, a bog body from the Iron Age. (Photo by Getty Images)
General prehistory

Q&A What are bog bodies?

Aerial view reconstruction drawing of Maiden Castle
Iron Age

A brief guide to the British Iron Age

A Neanderthal skull and some of the tools used by the Neanderthals. (Photo by Getty Images)
General prehistory

A brief history guide to Neanderthals, plus 7 fascinating facts

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Head and shoulders of a sculpted model of a female Neanderthal
General prehistory

The Neanderthals: everything you wanted to know

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)
General ancient history

Geoffrey of Monmouth: the lost voice of ancient Britain

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

Blog Medieval(ish) matters #6: Viking military mind games, Anglo-Saxon mind maps, and embroidery before the Bayeux Tapestry

A Pictish stone carving featuring a salmon
Early medieval

Blog Medieval(ish) matters #3: the salmon of knowledge, rolling Roman mosaics, eels, and Crusades

Image of a medieval skull showing arrow injury
Medieval

Blog Medieval(ish) matters #2: arrows in the eye, The Last Kingdom, Viking dogs

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

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)
Medieval

Blog Medieval matters #1: The Last Kingdom, Robin Hood and how to learn Old Norse in lockdown

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

British prehistory: everything you wanted to know

Tourists at Stonehenge
General prehistory

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

Q&A Was there really a 'Great Flood'?

Stonehenge
General prehistory

Britain’s key archaeological discoveries

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