A giant stride in human evolution

David Keys|Published

Prehistoric footprints analysed by scientists suggest that pre-historic people may have walked like us, long before modern humans.

Our ancestral appearances

David Keys|Published

How our long-lost 'virtual ancestor' looked before evolutionary split

Remains of civil war child soldiers found

David Keys|Published

British investigations identified the remains of up to 28 skeletons as Scottish prisoners of war including a dozen teenage soldiers.

Searching for lost tribes of prehistoric Britain

David Keys|Published

'British Atlantis' beneath the North Sea could revolutionise how we see the past, writes David Keys.

Riddle of Britain's exploding fleet solved

David Keys|Published

About 350 years after the London's final voyage, archaeologists will recover a crucial item which could shed light on what went wrong.

There was gold in them Cornish rivers

David Keys|Published

A detailed analysis of some of Western Europe's most beautiful gold artefacts suggests that Cornwall was a miniature Klondyke in the Early Bronze Age.

Ancient Stonehenge tools on display

David Keys|Published

The exhibition is the largest collection of early Bronze-Age gold ever put on public display in England.

Revealed: long-lost secrets of Beowulf

David Keys|Published

“For the first time, archaeology has given us a glimpse of life in the key royal Danish site associated with the Beowulf legend. ”

Wooden head ‘clue to wreck mystery’

David Keys|Published

A work of art that was raised from the seabed off the Dorset coast could help solve one of the great mysteries of UK marine archaeology.

Found: the world's first calendar

David Keys|Published

The discovery is based on a detailed analysis of data from an archaeological site in northern Scotland.

Ancient gardens weren't in Babylon?

David Keys|Published

The biggest wonder about the Hanging Gardens of Babylon? They weren't in Babylon, claims leading historian.

Skeleton’s discovery kept secret until now

David Keys|Published

Archaeologists excavating near Windsor have discovered a 4 400-year-old bejewelled skeleton of an upper class woman.

Was Stonehenge ancient art gallery?

David Keys|Published

Where is the largest single collection of prehistoric rock carvings in southern Britain?

Grisly find in UK’s Peak District

David Keys|Published

Archaeologists have found the skeletons of nine victims of what they believe was a massacre which took place around 2,400 years ago.