Far below the Nullarbor Plain in Australia lies an extraordinary gallery of rock art. Exploration and research in Koonalda Cave has revealed…
Discovering Peruvian pyramid tombs Recent excavations at Huaca El Pueblo, a mud-brick pyramid erected by the Moche, have revealed three remarkable burials…
On the plain of Pasargadae, Cyrus the Great founded a spectacular garden palace. Nothing like it had ever been seen in the…
Creating images in a changing world Today, it seems hard to imagine that the Sahara was once populated by people with large…
Life and death in a 5th-century ringfort It is not unusual for archaeologists to find caches of artefacts stashed in the ground,…
The deeds of royal dynasties presiding over Maya city-states in northern Guatemala can still be followed on ornate inscriptions raised in their…
A century ago, 250 soldiers were buried behind enemy lines in unmarked mass graves on the outskirts of the village of Fromelles…
The decision to install a hydroelectric dam in the Göksu valley sparked a project to record its past, before the archaeology was…
Survey near the town of Palpa, Peru, has revealed a wealth of geoglyphs. Are they older than their celebrated neighbours at Nasca?…
A new study proposes links between the locations of Easter Island’s famous ahu and moai and freshwater sources. Robert J DiNapoli discusses…
A fresh perspective on Pompeii and Herculaneum In the wake of the highly successful Expanded Interiors exhibition at Pompeii and Herculaneum, Catrin…
This year’s photo competition has seen an outstanding range of archaeological images from around the world flood into the CWA office. We’ve…
It may be the royal tombs that spring to mind when we think of the Valley of the Kings, but you did…