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The Problem with Hadrian’s Vallum

Introduction Historians and archaeologists have the Romans pretty sown up when it comes to how and why the Empire did

Promotional Video – Ancient Prehistoric Canals (Dykes) – Wansdyke Chapter 1 – Dykes, Ditches and Earthworks The modern word dike

1. When Myth Meets Measurement “It’s like a memorial to Atlantis or Lyonesse: these are the stone buoys that mark

Introduction For more than a century, museums and textbooks have repeated the tale of a lush, palm-filled “tropical Britain” where

Introduction For half a century, archaeology has leaned on a comforting narrative: agriculture was “invented” in the Middle East and

Introduction Archaeology loves a tidy median. Give it ten millennia of activity at a monument and, all too often, it

Introduction Peering into the mists of prehistory, we discern figures as monumental as the structures they erected. The Cro-Magnons, our

Introduction For the last twenty years, science has been busy rewriting our ancestors with the stroke of a pen —

1. Introduction — The Forgotten Phase Most people imagine Stonehenge as the great sarsen trilithons. In fact, those belong to

Introduction — The Britain You Know Is a Fake (Ten Things You Didn’t Know About Britain’s Prehistoric Flooded Past) We