Archaeology

The beach at Lyme Regis, on the Jurassic Coast of Devon and Dorset, has attracted fossil hunters for centuries. (Getty Images)

Where history happened: Georgian fossil hunting

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The Terracotta Warriors podcast

The Terracotta Warriors

Replica chariot. (© Mr. Ziyu Qiu)

In pictures: The Terracotta Warriors

Dorothea Bate. (Illustration: Stavros Damos for BBC History Magazine)

Dorothea Bate: A fearless fossil hunter

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The North Sea and Bronze Age remains

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General prehistory

Norfolk wolf coins unearthed in treasure find

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Blog: taking a look at the Staffordshire Hoard

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General prehistory

Was prehistoric Sussex home to hunter-gatherers?

The coffin containing the remains of Richard III. The skeleton of the king was discovered in 2012 in the foundations of Greyfriars Church, Leicester, 500 years after he was killed during the battle of Bosworth. (Photo by Max Mumby/Indigo/Getty Images)

Books interview: the discovery of Richard III’s remains

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Professor Richard Bradley investigates the Neolithic tomb of Wayland's Smithy. The stone monument we see today hides an earlier wooden structure that held the remains of 14 people. (Photo by Oliver Edwards)

General prehistory

History Explorer: Neolithic treatment of the dead

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Iron Age fort and Bronze Age burial mounds uncovered in New Forest

Iron Age Gold Torcs - Seen here: The Two Gold Torcs which have been declared the first Iron Age gold jewellery ever found in the north of England.
Dating back to 100BC-70BC, the bracelets made entirely of gold would have at one time been worn by someone of immense wealth, possibly royalty, were found in a stream near Towton, North Yorkshire, by metal detectorists in 2010 and 2011...and will be on temporary show at The Yorkshire Museum in York, from today (21 Nov 2011) until 31 January 2012. The Museum now has to raise £60,000 to make sure they stay in Yorkshire.
For Further Info: Lee Clark/YMT PO - 07730 642920

Bid to keep 2,000-year-old Iron Age bracelet in Yorkshire

1 - The A344 and the visitor car park as they are now. (c) English Heritage

‘Missing piece’ of Stonehenge Avenue uncovered

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Time’s Anvil: England, Archaeology and the Imagination