We think of chemical weapons as one of the horrifying features of modern warfare. We might assume that it all started with…
This is the book of the British Museum exhibition – a dazzling, kaleidoscopic view of the clay figurines of the earliest farmers…
And now for something completely different… the title might be a bit off-putting but the principal author, Chris Evans, is one of…
In 1907 two great Welsh institutions were founded – the National Library and the National Museum. One year later a third was…
Produced to mark the 10th anniversary of the open-air Palaeolithic art of Portugal’s Côa Valley becoming a World Heritage site, this beautiful…
From the pyramids of Egypt, to St Catherine’s Monastery in Sinai, via the Parthenon, Petra, and Pompeii, Charles Freeman’s latest book covers…
CWA takes a look at the Late Shang Dynasty palace and funerary complex…