They are believed to be the only Roman gold mines in Britain, with evidence of the sophisticated techniques they used still visible today. The Romans created large open-cast workings and dug ...

Coal mining has been an essential part of British industry since Roman times. This collection looks at the hardship of the day-to-day toil beneath the earth as well as the effects of industrial ...

Hundreds of ancient chariot pieces and ceremonial weapons were found buried in Yorkshire it's challenging everything we know ...

A hoard of Iron Age artifacts discovered by a metal detectorist could alter our understanding of life in Britain 2,000 years ...

including most of what is now Great Britain. Based on ice-core records from the Arctic, atmospheric levels of toxic lead spiked between 100 BCE and 200 CE as the Roman Empire began mining and ...