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Roman Britain was not just legions, walls and villas. For many people, the bathhouse was where gossip, business, bathing and social climbing all happened at once. Here is what the drains, curse tablets and writing tablets actually reveal about a day at the baths.
Britain’s museums hold thousands of ancient human remains, many never displayed. A growing coalition of archaeologists, descendant groups and modern pagans argues that reburial deserves a fair hearing. As 2026 unfolds, is a UK-wide policy finally within reach?
Who needs a £25 museum ticket when half the country's best prehistoric and Roman monuments are free, or close to it? From Cornish fogous to Shetland longhouses, here are seven sites worth the train fare — each paired with one idea about ancient Britain that the archaeology quietly undermines.
The Treasure Act 1996 changed the relationship between metal detectorists, museums and the British public. Thirty years on, the system has produced spectacular finds and familiar tensions. Here’s how it works — and what actually happens when a find is declared treasure in 2026.
Hardly a month passes without a digger clipping through a Roman floor somewhere in England. From a Rutland garden to suburban cul-de-sacs, we dig into why villa complexes keep surfacing beneath new-builds — and whether planning rules are really preserving the past, or just photographing it before the tarmac arrives.