The majority of Europeans living 5,000 years ago, including those who built Stonehenge, may have had dark skin, a new study suggests. It was already believed that Britain’s early inhabitants, such as ...

Archaeologists in Britain have uncovered evidence of chickens and brown hares being buried fully intact and with great care in the centuries leading up to the Roman period. It’s further evidence that ...

Thinking of tucking into a roast chicken or nibbling on a chocolate bunny this weekend? The ancient Britons would most likely have been horrified by the idea. New research has found that, rather than ...

Archaeologists have long been puzzled by the mysterious food habits of ancient Britons. Studies of garbage heaps showed that seafood was a large part of their diet right up until 6,000 years ago, when ...

Ancient inhabitants of modern-day United Kingdom may have rocked dark skin and blue eyes, a DNA test on a 10,000-year-old skeleton revealed Wednesday. The new findings, along with a 3-D recreation of ...

Cheddar Man, the 10,000-year-old skeleton of ancient Briton found in Somerset, England, had his face revealed. A group of scientists from the London Natural History Museums carried out the work of ...

Prehistoric Britons traveled impressive distances to attend celebrations at monumental sites like Stonehenge, according to new research. Incredibly, many of them brought their pigs along with them for ...

Ancient Britons should have cooked their fish more. A recent study from the University of Cambridge revealed that Bronze-Age Brits had worms in their kidneys measuring over three feet in length.

The Egyptians are well known for their funeral practise of mummifying the dead, normally achieved by removing the organs and then wrapping the body tightly in bandages, a process that preserves the ...

Thinking of tucking into a roast chicken or nibbling on a chocolate bunny this weekend? The ancient Britons would most likely have been horrified by the idea. New research has found that, rather than ...