General prehistory

Tourists at Stonehenge

Stonehenge: a prehistoric tourist trap

The fact that so many cultures have a myth about a devastating flood has led some historians to wonder if there may have been a real event that explains the myths. (Photo by Fine Art Images/Heritage Images/Getty Images)

General prehistory

Q&A Was there really a 'Great Flood'?

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Stonehenge

Britain’s key archaeological discoveries . This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Medieval trepanning

General prehistory

Q&A What is trepanning?

A 15th-century map of the world illustrating a Latin edition of Ptolemy's the 'Geography'. (Fine Art Images/Heritage Images/Getty Images)

12 alternative giant leaps for mankind – from carnivorism to Magna Carta

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A selection of treasure from the Staffordshire Hoard.

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A counting of goats and rams in cuneiform script, ancient Ngirsu, Iraq, 2360 BC. (DEA / G. DAGLI ORTI/De Agostini/Getty Images)

Cuneiform: 6 things you (probably) didn’t know about the world’s oldest writing system

Warwick Castle. (Photo by Olaf Protze/LightRocket via Getty Images)

General prehistory

12 historical places to visit on the August bank holiday weekend

In the ninth century Pope Nicholas I decreed that St Peter’s symbol, the cockerel, should be displayed on all churches and many incorporated the design into weather vanes. Pictured here is the St Thomas church spire, Melbury Abbas in Dorset, United Kingdom. (Photo by Tim Graham/Getty Images)

Q&A What does Jesus have to do with cockerel weather vanes?

Old Wardour Castle

Britain’s 7 most amazing ruins

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Sarcophagus with relief depicting the Calydonian boar hunt, Campanian amphitheatre, Italy, 1st-2nd century AD. (Photo by DeAgostini/Getty Images)

From dragons to unicorns: finding fantastic beasts in ancient history

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The gruesome remains of prehistoric murder victims uncovered in Europe’s bogs