It is easy to see the Thracians as stereotypes. According to the ancient literature, they were riders, warriors, and capable of horrifying…
The Roman Cult of Mithras, the God and his mysteries Manfred Clauss, Edinburgh, £20.99 Chosen by Dr Eberhard Sauer of the University…
Books on Fire: The Tumultuous Story of the World’s Great Libraries, Lucien X. Polastron, Thames & Hudson, £18.95 Chosen by Andrew Robinson,…
A mosaic from the village of Smirat, Tunisia contains two long inscriptions which reveal how entertainment was put on in a Roman…
The Council for British Research in the Levant is sponsoring a Ritual Landscapes Project in search of copper age burials…
Visitors to the Great Wall of China normally only see one small stretch of the wall - the Badaling section - a…
Michael Chaplan follows in the footsteps of early 20th century archaeologist and surveyor, Thomas Huckerby, in search of Caribbean petroglyphs…
Exquisite prehistoric figurines found…
Death of an iceman…
DNA analysis suggests mystery mummy's royal identity…
New research provides more support for our African homeland…