The Emperor Claudius, whose mother once described him as ‘not so much unfinished by nature, as barely begun’, ordered the invasion of Britain in AD43. A legion crossed the Cotswolds unopposed and came ...

Archaeologists have uncovered new evidence about 2,000 years of human activity beneath Leicester’s market place – including an infant burial site from Roman times and a 500-year-old dungeon. The ...

Construction workers installing pipes for a heating system in southwest London made an extraordinary find: layers of compacted gravel, sand, and chalk buried beneath Old Kent Road. These materials ...

This small village is home to fewer than 500 people, though it houses the incredible remains of a Roman town and has a ...

I love a Welsh market town, especially if it's got bags of character and history and proper pubs where you can get a round in without having to remortgage your house. One of my favourites is an ...

LONDON — In President Trump's 20-point plan to end the war in Gaza, only one name appears other than his own: Tony Blair. Blair, as prime minister of the United Kingdom, helped negotiate a 1998 peace ...

The site of a Roman villa, believed to be the second largest with a swimming pool in England, was marked out in a park. Archaeologist Dr David Neal first discovered what was underneath Gadebridge Park ...

Beneath a city square in the English city of Leicester, archaeologists have discovered a Roman infant burial, remnants of ...

Buried under a Serbian cornfield close to a coalmine, the well-preserved remains of a Roman legion's headquarters are being excavated by archaeologists who say its rural location makes it unique.

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