Thinking of tucking into a roast chicken or nibbling on a chocolate bunny this weekend? The ancient Britons would most likely have been horrified by the idea. New research has found that, rather than ...

Archaeologists in Britain have uncovered evidence of chickens and brown hares being buried fully intact and with great care in the centuries leading up to the Roman period. It’s further evidence that ...

Archaeologists have long been puzzled by the mysterious food habits of ancient Britons. Studies of garbage heaps showed that seafood was a large part of their diet right up until 6,000 years ago, when ...

Thinking of tucking into a roast chicken or nibbling on a chocolate bunny this weekend? The ancient Britons would most likely have been horrified by the idea. New research has found that, rather than ...

The majority of Europeans living 5,000 years ago, including those who built Stonehenge, may have had dark skin, a new study suggests. It was already believed that Britain’s early inhabitants, such as ...

When you imagine life for ordinary people in ancient Britain, you’d be forgiven for picturing quaint villages where everyone looked and spoke the same way. But a recent study could change the way ...

Cheddar Man, the 10,000-year-old skeleton of ancient Briton found in Somerset, England, had his face revealed. A group of scientists from the London Natural History Museums carried out the work of ...

The winter solstice effect on Stonehenge's Heel Stone as photographed by Telegraph reader Andrew Butler last year - ANDREW BUTLER Thousands of people gather every June to mark the longest day of the ...

Ancient Britons should have cooked their fish more. A recent study from the University of Cambridge revealed that Bronze-Age Brits had worms in their kidneys measuring over three feet in length.

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