A new exhibition in Colchester, England, site of the first capital of Roman Britain, explores the "Lexden Lady" and her collection of treasures ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A reconstruction drawing of Hadrian’s wall, a rebellion within its garrison allowed the Picts to invade northern Britain during ...

Colchester Archaeological Trust What if a single burial could reveal not only how one woman lived, but how an entire society ...

Genetic analysis of 1039 people buried in Britain between the Bronze Age and the Norman conquest highlights the impact of the Romans, Anglo-Saxons and Vikings on the island’s ancestry ...

From the great barbarian conspiracy of 367 to Honorius's cold dismissal of Britain's final pleas, the province did not fall in a single moment but collapsed slowly, stripped of its legions, its ...

Archaeologists in Rutland, England, unearthed a rare Roman mosaic. This discovery challenges previous ideas about Roman ...

Population genomics has exposed a history far more complex, dynamic and intertwined than we might wish to imagine. Even in a ...

When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. A man who died in Roman Britain more than 1,500 years ago was buried wearing padlocked iron ...

A remarkable late Roman burial uncovered in Colchester, England, is set to go on public display for the first time, offering a rare and vivid window into life and death in the ancient city.

When the Romans came to Britain they brought their way of life with them. Over time, the people of Britain and the Romans mixed. The Britons began to live the Roman lifestyle and the Romans took on ...

Our knowledge about the people who lived in Roman Britain has undergone a sea change over the past decade. New research has rubbished our perception of it as a region inhabited solely by white ...