General prehistory

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Alice Roberts, author of Ancestors: A Prehistory of Britain in Seven Burials

Alice Roberts “Graves are like time capsules – little microcosms of prehistoric culture" . This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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Alice Roberts reveals what archaeological discoveries and cutting-edge science can reveal about Britain’s prehistoric past.

Unearthing Britain’s prehistoric secrets . This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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Barry Cunliffe considers the story of Brittany from prehistory to today, and explores the region’s connections with Britain. (Image by Getty Images)

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Zdeněk Burian’s painting from 1952 offers a sympathetic portrayal of Neanderthals practising cannibalism. Self-assurance, even contentment, emanate from “It appears as a calm response to death, rather than murderous carnage,” writes Rebecca Wragg Sykes. (Photo by Time Life Pictures/Mansell/The LIFE Picture Collection via Getty Images)

Neanderthal in the mirror: our changing perceptions of these ancient humans . This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

A statue of Tollund Man, a bog body from the Iron Age. (Photo by Getty Images)

General prehistory

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Aerial view reconstruction drawing of Maiden Castle

A brief guide to the British Iron Age

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Head and shoulders of a sculpted model of a female Neanderthal

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An 18th-century marble relief depicting Julius Caesar invading Britain by John Deare, a British neo-classical sculptor. (Photo by: Universal History Archive/UIG via Getty Images)

Geoffrey of Monmouth: the lost voice of ancient Britain

Newgrange Passage Tombs, Boyne Valley, County Meath, Ireland. (Photo by Hoberman Collection/Universal Images Group via Getty Images)

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The front facade of the prehistoric chambered tomb of Wayland's Smithy

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A Pictish stone carving featuring a salmon

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Image of a medieval skull showing arrow injury

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View of the Norse Buildings, L'Anse aux Meadows National Historic Site, Newfoundland. (Photo by Alamy)

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Old Norse: Page from the manuscript Codex Regius, which was written in Iceland and contains the poems of elder Edda. (Photo by Werner Forman/Universal Images Group/Getty Images)

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Callanish standing stone circle, Isle of Lewis, Scotland. (Photo by Dreamstime)

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