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Britain's favourite Roman mystery has been retold in novels, a BBC serial and a Hollywood film — but the actual evidence for the Ninth Legion looks less like a battlefield and more like a filing cabinet. We trace the inscriptions, tile stamps and discharge certificates that tell a far duller, far more convincing story.
Must Farm is one of the most remarkable prehistoric sites ever excavated in Britain. It is not Britain’s Pompeii — and pretending otherwise sells both places short. Here’s what the evidence from the Cambridgeshire fens can actually tell us about Bronze Age life.
Druids at Stonehenge, a curse at Sutton Hoo, Romans who never crossed the border: the gift shop version of British prehistory is a great story and, in places, complete nonsense. We take five favourites apart — affectionately, and with the actual archaeology to hand.