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New evidence of Anglo-Saxon mutilations as punishment

Ninth-century England was a bad place to be a criminal, new findings suggest. The skull of an Anglo-Saxon teenager discovered in Hampshire shows that she had her nose and upper lip cut off and may have been scalped too.Written evidence of the 10th and 11th centuries...

New evidence at Chedworth Roman villa casts new light on Dark Ages

A mosaic at Chedworth Roman villa that was previously believed to date from the fourth century has now been radiocarbon-dated to 100 years later, around 480AD. This suggests, of course, that a sophisticated Roman lifestyle carried on in parts of Britain long after the end...

How close to World War Three has the world come since 1945. A Year 9 enquiry.

Just as the United Nations is marking its 75^th anniversary, so the world peace it was set up to maintain is yet again under threat. The United States and China are at loggerheads over a number of issues and this is just one of many...

Spectacular Bronze Age finds

Among the items found this week in Peebles in Scotland were a complete horse harness, preserved by the soil, and a sword that have been dated as being from 1000 to 900 BC. They also found decorated straps, buckles, rings, ornaments and chariot wheel axle...

Wizards and scientists:changing views of Stonehenge. History as interpretations and a constant conversation between past and present

One of the harder parts of teaching history at Ks2 is to explain to pupils that history is a construct, and one that changes not only with new discoveries but with new opinions. History is not set in stone. Cue, Stonhenge. Take this well-known landmark for...

Is this another find to help us understand Stonehenge?

Yesterday's more interesting news centred on a newly-published report on the finds at Durrington Wells on Salisbury Plain. As the place where the builders of Stonehenge lived and feasted, Durrington Walls is key to unlocking the story of the wider Stonehenge landscape, and this astonishing...

Latest research on Stonehenge- a must for KS2 teachers

The results of one of the largest DNA studies yet conducted show that soon after Stonehenge was built, Britain was 'invaded' by new arrivals from the Continent. Until about 4,500 years ago, Britain was inhabited by neolithic farmers who had spread from Spain and Brittany. They...

New evidence of Anglo-Saxon mutilations as punishment

New evidence at Chedworth Roman villa casts new light on Dark Ages

How close to World War Three has the world come since 1945. A Year 9 enquiry.

Spectacular Bronze Age finds

Wizards and scientists:changing views of Stonehenge. History as interpretations and a constant conversation between past and present

Is this another find to help us understand Stonehenge?

Latest research on Stonehenge- a must for KS2 teachers

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