ancient history

The Celts: Blood, Iron and Sacrifice episode 3: The Roman army turns its attention to an island of rich resources, powerful tribes and druids, and advanced military equipment – Britain. This episode tells the story of the Celts’ last stand against the Roman army – a revolt led by another great leader, the warrior queen Boudicca.     Anthropologist Professor Alice Roberts and archaeologist Neil Oliver go in search of the Celts – one of the world’s most mysterious ancient people. In Britain and Ireland we are never far from our Celtic past, but in this series Neil and Alice

The Celts: Blood, Iron and Sacrifice episode 2: In episode two, we discover the golden age of the La Tene Celtic warrior and reveal how their world extended as far as central Turkey. But by the middle of the first century BC, the Celts were under threat from an expanding Roman Empire, and the Gallic warrior Vercingetorix would challenge Julius Caesar in an epic battle that would shape the future of Europe.     Anthropologist Professor Alice Roberts and archaeologist Neil Oliver go in search of the Celts – one of the world’s most mysterious ancient people. In Britain and

The Celts: Blood, Iron and Sacrifice episode 1: Documentary series in which anthropologist Alice Roberts and archaeologist Neil Oliver go in search of the Celts – one of the world’s most mysterious ancient civilisations.     Anthropologist Professor Alice Roberts and archaeologist Neil Oliver go in search of the Celts – one of the world’s most mysterious ancient people. In Britain and Ireland we are never far from our Celtic past, but in this series Neil and Alice travel much further afield, discovering the origins and beliefs of these Iron Age people in artefacts and human remains right across Europe,