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A major excavation at Britain’s biggest Iron Age hill-fort has begun in Somerset, in the hope that it will at last enable historians to explain the meaning and purpose of the enigmatic site.

Volume of modern humans infiltrating Europe cited as critical factor in the demise of the Neanderthals.

Why were Bronze Age figurines smashed, transported and buried in shallow pits on the Aegean island of Keros? New research sheds light on a 4,500-year-old mystery.

A collaborative study led by Cambridge is examining the impact on society of the destruction and reconstruction of cultural heritage.

Excavation of the deepest archaeological trench in North Africa half a century after it was first dug is offering a glimpse of up to 200,000 years of human history.

Archaeological finds from thousands of years ago have been uncovered in a Cambridge village in an event which was part of the celebrations of the ̽»¨Ö±²¥'s 800th Anniversary.

A new book published by the Cambridge Archaeological Unit (CAU) suggests that population density in the later prehistoric / Roman Cambridge area may have been much higher than previously thought.

A passion for communicating the thrill of the dig and for uncovering evidence of lives long gone is what inspires archaeologist Dr Carenza Lewis. Her latest endeavour is to raise educational aspirations among schoolchildren through involvement in excavation - a venture that is unearthing new information on rural medieval settlements.

Watch how a group of teenagers taking part in a Cambridge ̽»¨Ö±²¥ archaeological dig unexpectedly unearthed the mysterious remains of a woman who could be more than 1,000 years old.

Archaeologists have unearthed a pair of bone fragments dating back almost 30,000 years and featuring minute designs carved by some of our earliest European ancestors.