At some point in the last few decades BC, Roman legionaries paused on the banks of the Mera River, to the north…
An undisturbed tomb in the Valley of the Kings reveals its 3,000-year-old secret…
The mighty temple of a little known Maya Kingdom, and the undisturbed tomb of its first ruler.…
Tales of the French Foreign Legion in the deserts of North Africa have fired the imagination of many an adventurous school boy.…
Inspired by an engaging new book about women in the Ancient World, Christopher Catling asks: what do art, literature, and archaeology tell…
Previously thought to be little more than hillfort, is this actually the first Iron Age city north of the Alps?…
Do the outlines of hands in Spain’s El Castillo cave belong to Homo sapiens or to their earlier Neanderthal cousins?…
How does the archaeological record reflect the vital role horses played in the development of civilisation?…
What was life like under the shadow of the pharaohs? The realities of life and death under Egypt's rule…
When they were built in the 2nd century AD, the great watermills at Barbegal, in the South of France, were at the…
‘Expect the unexpected’ is a good maxim for any archaeologist. But nothing could have prepared Terry Hardaker and his team for their…
Why were the bodies of a dozen newborn babies placed around the edge of a 1,000-year-old tomb?…
The unstoppable Persian king, Cyrus the Great, powered through Anatolia, conquering all in his path. In 547 BC, he defeated Croesus, the…