Phptograph of a Roman pottery jar decorated with a human face

Half a million years for you to discover

500,000BC to 43AD

Beginning with a time when the local population could fit on a double decker bus, London before London explores the relationship between human communities and their surroundings.

The river Thames is central to this story, and to the lives of the people who lived along its banks.

Find out about evidence of the oldest people to have been found in the London region, early visitors and settlers who developed new forms of community, beliefs and technologies to support themselves.


Prehistory links

London Before London Gallery Pack

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Gallery pack, online teachers' resource and photocards

Building a roundhouse

Factpack

Iron Age living in the 21st century

Building a roundhouse

Factpack

Archaeological evidence: underground evidence and roof design

Living landscape

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Family activity sheet

Daily life - it's a grind!

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Family activity sheet

Online teachers resource: KS2 Geography

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(Teachers Information, Starting point sheets & Activity sheets)

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