such graves and cremation burials are very rare in other parts of Britain before the Roman period. Archaeologists suspect many Iron Age peoples often practised complex funeral rituals in which ...

IRON AGE BOY:North, south, east, west. IRON AGE GIRL:Oh, oh! IRON AGE FATHER:Give them a warning shot. NARRATOR:Life in Britain is changing once again, helped along by the introduction of this new ...

The discovery of a unique Iron Age shield and the excavation of a "lavish" Roman villa are to feature on BBC Two's Digging for Britain. Archaeologists from the University of Leicester led the digs ...

Collectors and museums began widely acquiring Iranian weaponry from the Iron Age after they were first ... seized at UK customs and held at the British Museum were revealed, using a scanning ...

Dr Sarah Stark, a human skeletal biologist from Historic England, said the findings could shed light on the role of women in Iron Age Britain. "[The findings] provide evidence of a leading role ...

Although ritual sacrifice in Iron Age Britain is documented by classical authors, there is scant evidence that it actually occurred. “In the other burials we have found, the deceased people ...

Have you ever wondered how the mystical crystal ball became the symbol of fortune-telling? The practice of fortune-telling ...

Journal of Archaeological Science British border agents recently seized a collection of smuggled Iranian swords headed for the black market. Now, researchers have discovered that the Iron Age ...

A cache of 3,000-year-old Iranian swords seized at Heathrow Airport have been revealed to be fakes created using ancient ...