The dig The Hypogeum Ħal-Saflieni was discovered in 1902 when builders, working on a new housing development, fell through its roof. The huge underground structure…
Gustafson’s excavation had provided an extraordinary window into the material culture and public appearance of the world represented by the Norse Sagas…
Results of the excavations at Knossos surpassed all expectations. Evans revealed a vast palace complex of Middle Bronze Age date , 1300…
Heinrich Schliemann has been described as ‘the creator of prehistoric Greek archaeology’, but he was an amateur when he took up archaeology…
From the underground chambers of the Royal Tombs emerged a picture of a civilisation that was at once dazzling and sinister…
Peking Man represents the spread of a new species of hominid, Homo erectus, in an earlier ‘Out of Africa’ migration beginning about…
The Abbeville tools – in context – proved the antiquity of human beings…
The remains - remarkably unprepossessing amid the spectacular ruins of classical Rome all around - comprise postholes, wall-slots, and drainage gullies, defining…
Machu Picchu symbolises the extent, technical skill, and productivity of the Inca Empire in its heyday.…
Before 1812, Petra was one of the ancient world's 'lost cities': it was known from historical references, but the site had not…
How did a slab of black granite become the key to deciphering hieroglyphs…
We know more about Pompeii than any other Roman town. It is the benchmark, and yet we still have so much to…
Akrotiri is an archaeological monument to the rich commerce, connections, and culture of the Middle Bronze Age Mediterranean…