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Queen Victorias Terrace Opens for the first time
Visitors to Osborne can now enjoy the Lower Terrace like the royals did more than 150 years ago with views across the Solent, which were compared by Prince Albert to the Bay of Naples.
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New museum at Hailes Abbey reveals a hidden past
The new collection explores the Cistercian monastery's dramatic story as a site of Christian pilgrimage.
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Prehistory: Power and Politics
Power in prehistoric Britain was expressed symbolically, whether through the mighty communal monuments of the Neolithic period such as Stonehenge, in the rich grave goods found in individual burials from the early Bronze Age onwards, or by the massive hillforts (like Maiden Castle) that typify the Iron Age.
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St Augustine's Abbey brought to life through virtual reality tour
English Heritage launches its first virtual reality experience as part of a four-year collaboration with postgraduate students at the University of Kent
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In this guide, we explore some of the places that shine a light on Wiltshire's ancient past, visit a couple of castles, and point out a few other points of interest along the way.
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We can only make informed guesses about what prehistoric people believed, using evidence from the monuments and artefacts that have survived. There was no single or continuously developed belief system in prehistoric Britain. For long periods, however, there were religious practices concerning the dead, their afterlife, and their influence on the living.
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1816: The year the sun nearly died - English Heritage Blog
To celebrate this year’s winter solstice, we’ve teamed up with the Science Museum to explore the ways that humans have made sense of the sun throughout history.
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5 Clocks Which Tell the Story of Time
In celebration of all things ‘time’, we’ve ticked off our top 5 examples of timekeeping tools that can be found at English Heritage sites across the country.
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Takeover Day with Kids in Museums: What did our students get up to?
Takeover Day is a chance for kids get involved at our sites, and see what it's like to work in the heritage and charity sector. Here's what they got up to.