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 ...

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 ...