A new study has provided seemingly conclusive evidence that the ancient Britons really were Celts, settling a long-standing ...

After 1,400 years lying undisturbed beneath British farmland, an ancient Anglo-Saxon warrior had a rude awakening in 2018 when a group of amateur metal detectorists stumbled across his burial site and ...

Archaeological excavations at the heart of London's political power have revealed remarkable prehistoric tools, medieval treasures, and architectural remains spanning six millennia beneath the Palace ...

For the first time, researchers have been able to directly estimate the Anglo-Saxon ancestry of the British population from ancient skeletons, showing how Anglo-Saxon immigrants mixed with the native ...

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Mired in scandal and gossip, the Brits still seem to love their royal family. Not even the black sheep princes of the realm can stop pollsters from discovering that a majority believe the monarchy is ...

Language is like a living organism, it changes, grow, and evolves over time. And yet, a few words from times long past have been able to continue being a part of our everyday language, testifying that ...