Archaeology

In 1562, Elizabeth I, the last of Henry VIIIs children, lay dying of smallpox, and the curse of the Tudor succession again reared its head. The que...

In these vivid and approachable essays Eamon Duffy engages with some of the central aspects of Western religion in the thousand years between the d...

Discovered in 1811, Bignor is one of the richest and most impressive villas in Britain, its mosaics ranking among the finest in north-western Europ...

For 2,000 years Essex, the county with the longest coast-line in England and dominating the eastern approaches to London, has been in the front-lin...

Mapping the boundaries between ancient societies through studies of ethnicity, migration, or economic systems is of perennial interest to archaeolo...

This is a study of international print networks developed across the English-speaking world over a significant part of the long nineteenth century....

Britains history is rich in mystery and scandal, and our ancient buildings hide the fascinating stories. Hidden Britain takes you backstage at some...