5+ hour ago   (501+ words) Peterborough City Council says Flag Fen is a "globally significant" Bronze Age site An excavation project at a Bronze Age site could see the area removed from a register of at-risk historical locations, the government has said. Ancient remains at…...

4+ hour, 54+ min ago   (706+ words) Divers found part of a wall which may have been the ruin known as "church rock" The remains of a Norfolk town that was claimed by the sea about 700 years ago have been explored by divers in an attempt to…...

1+ day, 3+ hour ago   (827+ words) The mummified body of the woman named Asru has been placed back in its coffin The mummified body of an ancient Egyptian woman has been removed from a museum exhibition after more than 200 years on display as part of efforts…...

2+ day, 19+ hour ago   (480+ words) Rare Bronze Age log boats are part of Peterborough museum's newly recognised collection A unique hoard of artefacts depicting prehistoric life has received one of the highest honours available to museums in England. The Peterborough Museum and Art Gallery's prehistoric…...

5+ day, 4+ hour ago   (834+ words) The Anglo-Saxon mount could have been exported from the UK but the government has intervened An "exceptionally rare" Anglo-Saxon ornament more than 1,400 years old has been blocked from leaving the UK by the government. The metal mount, depicting a four-legged…...

1+ week, 4+ hour ago   (690+ words) Reigate's caves are packed with history sitting just beneath the town's surface Behind an unassuming door within a road tunnel, Peter Burgess switches on some dim lights in a hidden cave and waits for them to warm up. It's the…...