In the 8th century BC, the Spartans subjugated their Peloponnesian neighbours, the Messenians. When eventually Sparta was conquered, the Messenians founded a…
An extended feature on Messene, the best preserved city in the southern Peloponnese…
In 1694, HMS Sussex was lost in the Straits of Gibraltar, buried deep beneath the sea…
The city of Zabid was a cultural and political centre of Medieval Yemen. The archaeologists can finally reveal the story of this…
News Extra from Brian Fagan…
Five lines of faded characters written in ink and divided by black lines on a scrap of pottery measuring 15 by 15cm…
Excavators at Herodium have reiterated their claim that have found king Herod's sarcophagus…
Fictional accounts may coincide with historical copper mines at Khirbat en-Nahas…
An Iron Age slab found in south-east Turkey conatains first known written mention of the soul…
The adoption of green beads used for jewllery coincides with the adoption of agriculture…
George Nash explores the rock-art of Malaysia and invites readers to join in…
Richard Hodges gets gourmand in Spello, Italy…