A Romana-British metal artwork of a panther is believed to show the severed head of a barbarian.

In 43 AD, Rome launched its invasion of Britain, aiming to expand its empire. The Roman forces, led by Aulus Plautius, met a ...

It became the first major Roman city and the first capital before London took over later.

A Roman settlement was uncovered on the banks of the River Severn during an archaeological dig ...

For centuries, a towering, ancient wall has stood anomalously amidst fields and farmland in central Shropshire. Known as the ...

Grave 109 at Oakington is a rare triple burial, holding the remains of a female infant, a young woman (left) and an older woman (center). Duncan Sayer The soldiers arrived in “three ships of war, with ...

New research suggests the mysterious Roman-era “Beachy Head Woman” was likely from Britain, not the Mediterranean or ...

British Museum hails record-breaking year for archaeological discoveries – thanks largely to metal detectorists ...

Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov has suggested Britain should drop "Great" from its name and compared the country to ...

At an emergency summit of European Union leaders in Brussels, the building blocks of a putative empire were beginning to take ...

Most finds are made by detectorists, building a richer picture of the past, says the British Museum.

Conventional wisdom tells us the liberal democracies are the most peace-loving nations. But the record tells us something ...