A remarkable Roman mosaic found in Rutland turns out to tell a forgotten version of the Trojan War. Rather than Homer’s famous epic, it reflects a lost Greek tragedy by Aeschylus, featuring vivid ...

Archaeologists uncovered a massive Roman industrial complex in northern England, revealing over 800 whetstones that reshape ...

When Roman authority faded, Britain did not fall silent. This documentary traces how forts, cities, and military elites adapted after Rome’s collapse, revealing a fractured world of warlords, ...

About 4600 years ago, the population of Britain was replaced by a people who brought Bell Beaker pottery with them. Now, ...

A new ancient-DNA study suggests the Bronze Age people who transformed Britain around 2400 BC didn’t arrive from Iberia, as older narratives of the “Bell Beaker” story sometimes implied. Instead, ...

Two remarkable Roman altars, unearthed in Scotland, are set to go on public display for the first time, offering a tantalizing glimpse into the religious lives of Roman soldiers on the Empire's ...

For TV presenter and academic Prof Alice Roberts, archaeology in the UK's capital is rather reminiscent of a famous Italian dish. "In London, you've got a lasagne. You can dig all the way down to ...

Known through hostile Roman voices and scarred into the ground itself, Boudicca’s revolt was one of the most violent crises Rome ever faced in Britain. Using archaeology alongside ancient texts, this ...

Dutch Caribbean island Curaçao may become a key transit hub for Venezuelan oil under a new US-led export plan, with prime minister Gilmar Pisas calling the first shipment an economic opportunity for ...

Pytheas of Massalia, an ancient Greek geographer, was the first Mediterranean person to reach Great Britain and the Arctic ...

Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. The writer, an FT contributing editor, is a former chief economist at the Bank of England An alien lands in ...