Ancient Britons sported “mullets”, find suggests

We may now associate the mullet hairstyle – short at the front, but long at the back – with the worst excesses of 1980s culture. Yet a figurine found during a dig at Cambridgeshire’s Wimpole 'state in 2018 suggests men in Roman-era Britain may have deployed a strikingly similar look.

That’s one of the theories for the distinctive styling of the 2,000-year-old artefact

(pictured right), which also features a small moustache. Another is that it offers an insight into how people of the time perceived their gods.

In either case, experts suggest it offers new clues about the aesthetics of ancient Britain.