We, as modern humans, tend to look at ancient art with a 21st-century mindset. It is all too easy to stare (in…
Thebes is the forgotten city of ancient Greece. It lies 32 miles north-west of Athens, at the heart of sleepy Boeotia, but…
Anyone visiting Egypt today must wonder how it struck travellers before our current understanding of its archaeological sites. Egyptologist Chris Naunton, former…
This edited volume is the product of an innovative project, culminating in a multiple-day workshop of the same name as this publication,…
Is it possible to write history without people? Of course, archaeology is all about history without people, but we invent the people.…
The rock art of Oman forms part of a unique assemblage that is found across most of the Persian Gulf. The rock art…
The House of Augustus: a historical detective storyT P WisemanPrinceton University Press, £30ISBN 978-0691180076Review by: Andrew Selkirk What is the most terrible…
Behind the scenes of a great excavation It is an open secret that archaeological expeditions are not always entirely harmonious operations, but…
The Roman Empire in 100 haikusStuart LaycockAmberley, £12.99ISBN 978-1445693309Review by: Matthew Symonds Much has been written about the Roman Empire, but seldom…
Pompeii, A Different Perspective: via dell’Abbondanza – a long road, well travelledJennifer F Stephens and Arthur E StephensLockwood Press, £40ISBN 978-1937040789Review by:…
Connected Communities: networks, identity, and social change in the ancient Cibola worldMatthew A PeeplesUniversity of Arizona Press, $60ISBN 978-0816535682Review by: Deborah L…
24 Hours in Ancient Egypt: a day in the life of the people who lived thereDonald P RyanMichael O’Mara Books, £12.99ISBN 978-1782439110Review…