Ancient And Modern Britons: A Retrospect Volume 1 - Illustrated & Annotated Paperback – July 19, 2025

“But, at any rate, there are several reasons for believing that the un-identified builders of our stone-circles, cairns, and dolmens, were dark-skinned people; and the races with which they have most similarity are Professor Huxley’s Australioids and Negritos.”-from Ancient and Modern Britons"Ancient Britons who built Stonehenge had dark skin, scientists reveal."- The Independent, March 4, 2025David MacRitchie's controversial two volume book "Ancient and Modern Britons: A Retrospect" is MacRitchie's attempt to trace the ancient lineage of early Britons and by extension early Europeans. He uses archaeological evidence, literary sources, geological place names, and ancient customs to support his thesis that Briton's earliest inhabitants were in the majority Black people. Dense with hundreds of footnotes, this book offers an alternative historical perspective on the peopling of the British Isles and greater Europe. Read more