A Celtic princely burial in Germany
Analysis of two votive offering vessels from Pompeii is enhancing our understanding of Roman domestic rituals.
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Chariots, treasure and power: Secrets of the Melsonby Hoard
Dozens of items from the largest hoard of Iron Age metalwork ever found in Britain have gone on display for the first time at the Yorkshire Museum in York. Carly Hilts visited to learn more about this unique collection.
Uncovering a Celtic chamber tomb
A remarkably well-preserved 6th-century burial chamber has been discovered near Riedlingen, in south-west Germany. The burial chamber lies beneath a huge burial mound, which measures 65m in diameter and currently survives to a height of 2m, although it probably once…
Museum news: Iron Age shield and Declaration of Arbroath go on show
The latest on exhibitions, acquisitions, and key decisions.
Bring me my chariot: investigating burial practices in Iron Age Yorkshire
What sparked the unusual chariot burials associated with the Arras Culture in East Yorkshire? Migration has been proposed as an explanation, but a new book asks whether there are other ways by which chariot-making knowledge and burial practices could have been transferred. The reality is perhaps more mundane but, at the same time, highly informative about the diversity of lifestyles and burial practices in the British Iron Age and the ways in which people expressed their regional identity. Chris Catling reports.