The discovery of a unique Iron Age shield and the excavation of a "lavish" Roman villa are to feature on BBC Two's Digging for Britain. Archaeologists from the University of Leicester led the digs ...

Visitors are invited to travel back in time to the Iron Age, when rarely seen finds from two East Midlands hillforts will be ...

the Romans placed the foundation stones that still run a few feet below the lanes of modern-day Leicester. They seized the land from the Corieltavi, a late Iron Age Celtic tribe who lived on the ...

Celtic women’s social and political standing in Iron Age England has received a genetic lift. DNA clues indicate that around 2,000 years ago, married women in a Celtic society, known as ...

De Montfort University’s campus is located in an area of Leicester that is steeped in history. An Iron Age ditch and pottery have been found in this area and it was known to be a suburb of the main ...