We, as modern humans, tend to look at ancient art with a 21st-century mindset. It is all too easy to stare (in…
Collapse: how societies choose to fail or survive, by Jared Diamond (Penguin hardback, £20) is the sort of book that archaeologists should…
Gertrude Bell (1868-1926) is often dismissed simply as an intrepid lady explorer/amateur archaeologist: ‘The Daughter of the Desert or a kind of…
Oliver Stone’s new epic Alexander has hit the headlines. The New York Post has labelled it ‘Alexander the Gay’, and US Christians…
The Temple of Jerusalem is one of the most important non-existing buildings in the world. Just what was it and why was…
How do we present the Classical world to the world of today? In Panorama of the Classical World, (Thames and Hudson, £29.95),…
‘On a cold day in 1958’ writes Michael Balter ‘the history of archaeology, and of our understanding of our own origins, was…
The publication of eight books simultaneously is a major event and eight books have recently been published by University College London (UCL)…
The system of World Heritage Sites has been one of the great successes of UNESCO. Everyone seems to be in favour of…
Where is Gotham? Apparently it is New York, the place where Batman lives, and Unearthing Gotham: The Archaeology of New York City…
The Roman remains of Northern and Eastern France: A Guide Book by James Romwich published by Routledge (£75) is an admirable book…
Silk is one of the more complex luxuries. It is not just a matter of cultivating silk worms – it is also…
Sir Aurel Stein is one of the least known of the Great British Archaeological explorers of the earlier 20th century. He was,…