We, as modern humans, tend to look at ancient art with a 21st-century mindset. It is all too easy to stare (in…
Visitors to Johannesburg can visit, in the grounds of the University of Witwatersrand, the outstanding Origins Centre. In this book the Centre’s…
This is a novel set in the reign of Tutankhamun, but also about Howard Carter’s work in Egypt, his partnership with Lord…
Visitors to the Wellcome Collection in London’s Euston Road cannot fail to be intrigued by the man behind it, the American-born pharmaceutical…
Admittedly, this is not a book on archaeology. Yet, it is well worth reading and thought-provoking, not least for those interested in…
The Rape of Mesopotamia is not an exaggerated title, unfortunately. His book is an ‘autopsy of a cultural disaster’, writes Lawrence Rothfield,…
This is a book about those members of two English families who were long resident in the islands of St Kitts and…
The starting point of Stamper’s book is his reconstruction of the original Temple of Jupiter Optimus aximus on the Capitoline Hill in…
Abydos, one of the most ancient and venerable sites in Egypt, was the focus of the Cult of Osiris – the lord…
This book is one of those rare reference works that is affordable, scholarly, yet accessible. Profusely illustrated, this dictionary belongs on the…
Telling the time is basic to archaeology. It has never been straightforward. At first, there were just historical dates – dates recorded…
By Barry B. Powell Wiley-Blackwell, £50.00 ‘AOCCDRNIG TO RSCHEEARCH AT CMABRIGDE UINERVTISY, IT DEOSN’T MTTAER IN WAHT OREDR THE LTTEERS IN A…
Chris Turney, Macmillan, pb £9.99 Ice, Mud and Blood: lessons from climates past This article is an extract from the full article…