We, as modern humans, tend to look at ancient art with a 21st-century mindset. It is all too easy to stare (in…
Cave Art Bruno David Thames & Hudson, £12.95 ISBN 978-0500204351 Reviewed by: George Nash In recent decades, research into Upper Palaeolithic rock…
An Archaeological Guide to Nicopolis: rambling through the historical, sacred, and civic landscape Konstantinos L Zachos Ministry of Culture & Sports ISBN…
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Mountains and Lowlands: Ancient Iran and Mesopotamia; Three Stones Make a Wall; Rock Art Studies: News of the World V; The Caribbean…
Brian Fagan reviews Robert L Kelly’s new book to discover ‘what six million years of human history can tell us about our…
The Spartan Regime: Its Character, Origins, and Grand Strategy by Paul A Rahe Rahe is a distinguished history professor, and after a lifetime…
The Great Paleolithic War by David J Meltzer It all started with a simple, but extremely contentious, question: were humans present in the…
If you aren’t already in the mood for an adventurous roadtrip, one quick flip through this fun and well-curated volume will certainly…
Nicholas Bartos reviews some of the latest archaeological books. The Silk Roads: A New History of the World by Peter Frankopan Describing Peter…
In the full flush of Brexit, Brian Ayers’ new book makes for compelling reading. Re-reading the results of countless excavations over…
The birth of Eurasia Brian Fagan reviews Barry Cunliffe’s masterful ‘big history’ book that traces the development of Eurasia from the first…
Sean Kingsley explores a long-needed audit of the Byzantine world that uses archaeology to ask big questions about the end of antiquity…