Archaeology

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

General prehistory

Q&A What are bog bodies?

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Dr Melanie Giles unravels some of the mysteries around amazingly preserved human remains found in bogs – and reveals what we can learn from them. (Image by Getty Images)

Bog bodies: what can they teach us? . This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

The Sutton Hoo helmet. (Image by Getty Images)

Long read | The man at Sutton Hoo

Mary Anning was an extremely prolific fossil hunter

Mary Anning: the woman who hunted dinosaurs

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Toby Wilkinson gives a lecture on the archaeologists and adventurers whose discoveries helped transform our understanding of the ancient Egyptians

Adventure and archaeology in the golden age of Egyptology . This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Aerial view reconstruction drawing of Maiden Castle

A brief guide to the British Iron Age

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Max Adams The First Kingdom: Britain in the Age of Arthur . This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Photo of an Anglo Saxon helmet found at Sutton Hoo

Sutton Hoo: a brief guide to the Anglo-Saxon burial site and its discovery

Sutton Hoo helmet Anglo-Saxon

The discovery at Sutton Hoo: when the Dark Ages were lit up

The Sutton Hoo excavations are the focus of a new film, 'The Dig'. Carey Mulligan stars as Edith Pretty, and Ralph Fiennes portrays Basil Brown

Second World War

The Dig: the real history of the remarkable Sutton Hoo excavation

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Ahead of the release of the new film The Dig, Professor Martin Carver discusses the real story of the 1939 excavation of Sutton Hoo. (Image by Getty Images)

Spectacular discoveries at Sutton Hoo . This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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Lloyd Llewellyn-Jones responds to listener questions and popular internet search queries about one of the dominant powers of the ancient world, the Persian empire. (Image by Getty Images)

The Persian empire: everything you wanted to know . This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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Toby Wilkinson The rediscovery of Ancient Egypt . This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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A Roman mosaic floor at Brading Roman Villa on the Isle of Wight. (Image by Alamy)

Fishbourne Roman Palace, plus 5 more Roman mosaics you can explore in Britain . This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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