The first two layers of animals were simply killed and buried ... reference bull and ram sacrifice in the Mediterranean around the Iron Age, but it is rare for archaeologists to make discoveries ...

Oldcroghan Man fits the classic profile of an Iron Age bog body. He died a gruesome ... and was throttled with a rope made of animal sinew, perhaps to increase the bleeding, before being thrown ...

Improved cereal crops and breeds of domestic animal were developed and introduced during the Iron Age. The best surviving areas of Iron Age farming can be seen on Salisbury Plain, the Marlborough ...

She is believed to have been killed as part of an Iron Age ritual or sacrifice. When the 2,000 year old remains were initially discovered close to Bellaghy it was thought they could be those of a ...

How did Iron Age people live? Video ... Around the walls were jars for storing food and beds made from straw covered with animal skins. The Battersea shield was found in the River Thames.