Professor Alice Roberts
Appearances
Global News Podcast
Sudanese military accused of carrying out massacre in Darfur
It's another chance to learn more about the people of Iron Age Britain on their own terms. Because, of course, this is prehistory. There's no written documentation from these people themselves. The Romans tell us something about the Iron Age Britons, the people of Northwest Europe, and generally they viewed them as barbarians.
Global News Podcast
Sudanese military accused of carrying out massacre in Darfur
I mean, they did awful things like wearing trousers, they tell us, and drinking undiluted wine and also having women as leaders, which they thought was utterly abysmal. So it's fantastic to use archaeology to actually look at these people in their own right. You know, we'll learn so much about the craftspersonship from this new hoard, the importance of horses.
Global News Podcast
Sudanese military accused of carrying out massacre in Darfur
We know that horses were really important. They were symbols of power, but also obviously incredibly functional in this society. And it all just feeds in at a point where we're learning a lot more about the Iron Age.