Tag: United Kingdom
Curiouser and Curiouser: Iron Age Hoard found in Britain was Deliberately Burned
The island of Great Britain has a strange and unusual history, and part of the challenge is connecting the history we know with the landscape we see today. As more and more…
The Anglo Saxon Kings of England: The History of the Before (Part Four)
For centuries, after the Romans left, Britain was ruled by the seven kings of the Heptarchy. This was a time of rival realms and rival claimants, a time of petty kingdoms and…
“We Saw the Stone, But Not the Circle”: Bronze Age Monument Found in England
Near the city of Matlock in Derbyshire lies Farley Wood, a sprawling mix of pine for logging amidst old growth harking back to an ancient time when dense forests covered the British…
Rewriting Human Evolution: Not One Lineage of Man, but Two?
A new study from a team of researchers at the University of Cambridge has upended centuries of theory as to the origins and evolution of… us. We are not who we thought…
Flagstones: Oldest Prehistoric Circle may be the Blueprint for Stonehenge
Something happened in Britain five and a half thousand years ago, which marked a transition in social and ritual activity we are still piecing together. In a relatively short space of time,…
The Anglo Saxon Kings of England: The History of the Before (Part Three)
For the six centuries between the end of Roman occupation and the Battle of Hastings in 1066, Britain was not a united kingdom. It was, instead, a mishmash of tribal domains, petty…