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2,000-Year-Old Durotriges Tribe Discovery in Dorset Unveils Possible Human Sacrifice Ritual

2 November 2025

Archaeologists from Bournemouth University have uncovered the remains of a teenage girl buried face down in a pit in Dorset,...

Aerial view of Maiden Castle, Dorset, the largest Iron Age hillfort in Britain. Credit: Jo and Sue Crane

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New Study Disproves Roman Massacre at Maiden Castle, Revealing Complex Iron Age Conflicts

30 May 2025

Bournemouth University Archaeologists Challenge 90-Year-Old Roman Conquest Narrative at Maiden Castle with Fresh Forensic and Radiocarbon Analysis A landmark study...

Reconstruction by Gabriel Ugueto. Credit: Bournemouth University

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Scientists Uncover 22,000-Year-Old Evidence of Prehistoric Transport

9 March 2025

In a remarkable glimpse into the ingenuity of our early ancestors, recent research reveals that 22,000 years ago, humans may...

A female researcher, excavating a Late Iron Age Durotriges burial at Winterborne Kingston. Credit: Bournemouth University.

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Beyond Roman Exaggerations: Ancient Genomes Reveal an Iron Age Society Centered on Women in Britain

5 February 2025

A team of researchers led by Dr. Lara Cassidy and Professor Daniel Bradley from Trinity College Dublin has uncovered evidence...

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Archaeologists find evidence of how Iron Age Britons adapted to the Roman conquest in Winterborne Kingston

29 June 2024

Archaeologists from Bournemouth University (BU) have discovered human remains and artifacts which give new insight into how early Britons adapted...

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Giant Prehistoric Rock Engravings Discovered in South America May Be The World’s Largest

5 June 2024

Researchers made a groundbreaking discovery of what is thought to be the world’s largest prehistoric rock art. Enormous engraved rock...

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Stonehenge could be a solar calendar, according to a new study

2 March 2022

A new study posits that the Stonehenge circles served as a calendar that tracks the solar year of 365.25 days,...

White Sands National Park Human Footprints

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The oldest trace of human activity discovered in North America dates back 23,000 years

26 September 2021

A recent fossil footprint found in New Mexico, the United States, indicates that humans existed in North America about 23,000...

The two mass graves contain the remains of at least 25 men. (Image credit: Claude Doumet-Serhal)

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Mass graves of Crusaders killed in the 13th century have been discovered in Lebanon

17 September 2021

From 1096 to 1291, waves of Europeans took up arms and marched into the Middle East. They hope to “take...

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The Oldest Known Map of Europe, “Saint-Bélec Slab”

6 April 2021

An ornate Bronze Age stone slab (Saint-Bélec slab) that was excavated in France in 1900 and forgotten about for over...

2,000-Year-Old Durotriges Tribe Discovery in Dorset Unveils Possible Human Sacrifice Ritual

New Study Disproves Roman Massacre at Maiden Castle, Revealing Complex Iron Age Conflicts

Scientists Uncover 22,000-Year-Old Evidence of Prehistoric Transport

Beyond Roman Exaggerations: Ancient Genomes Reveal an Iron Age Society Centered on Women in Britain

Archaeologists find evidence of how Iron Age Britons adapted to the Roman conquest in Winterborne Kingston

Giant Prehistoric Rock Engravings Discovered in South America May Be The World’s Largest

Stonehenge could be a solar calendar, according to a new study

The oldest trace of human activity discovered in North America dates back 23,000 years

Mass graves of Crusaders killed in the 13th century have been discovered in Lebanon

The Oldest Known Map of Europe, “Saint-Bélec Slab”

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