Each of us tells a story about who we are, often tracing our identity back through an imagined line of ancestors. Though identity is fundamentally cultural, we tend to anchor it in biology—in the idea ...

From the ruins of Roman Londinium to the bustling merchant wharves of Londonwick, this is the story of how a forgotten city became a crossroads of the early medieval world. Through archaeology, rare ...

Despite their occupations of Britain, the Romans and Vikings didn't leave much of a genetic mark on Britons. The Anglo-Saxons ...

After Alfred, Anglo-Saxon kings took the Danelaw territories back from the Vikings. Alfred's grandson, Athelstan, pushed English power north as far as Scotland and was the first king to claim to be ...

Genetic analysis of 1039 people buried in Britain between the Bronze Age and the Norman conquest highlights the impact of the Romans, Anglo-Saxons and Vikings on the island’s ancestry ...

Kings and Generals animated historical documentary series on medieval history and history of Britain continues with episode 3 of our coverage of the Viking invasion of Britain, as we cover the battle ...

Vikings did not wear much armour. Some chieftains wore mail coats, made of thousands of metal rings but most relied on a round wooden shield for protection since these were very expensive. The Vikings ...

When stories are Greek, Hollywood often reframes them as “universal mythology” and detaches them from ethnicity. Yet stories ...

Princess Diana's younger brother, Charles Spencer, has found love again. The 9th Earl Spencer married Norwegian archaeologist ...

I've got family, they're all over, but Upton is the centre of attraction." The House of Wolf, shortlisted for the British Book Awards’ Debut Fiction Book of the Year, is set in Rome, Wessex, and ...

A best-selling author and archaeologist will talk about a shadowy period of British history at a North Yorkshire museum next week.

HISTORIC fact, mixed with a little fiction and a lot of girl power are the key ingredients to Warwick Castles latest stunt ...