Explore the role and design of mosaics from across Roman Britain Mosaics have been found across the Roman Empire, including in Britain. They were commonly used to adorn the floors of the private villas of wealthy citizens, as well as public buildings including...
Exploring axe heads from Prehistoric Britain Despite being thousands of years old, Stone Age tools can often be found in museum collections around the country. Axes would have been an especially vital to the agricultural revolution during the Neolithic or New Stone...
Click on the photo to enlarge this Roman pot from Aldborough Roman Site. Making sense of Roman ‘Smith Pots’ We can find out lots about life in the past by examining objects like these – even if they’re not complete. Archaeologists often uncover fragments...
