Art and artefacts from ancient Egypt must rank among the most remarkable and influential from the ancient world. Yet we know comparatively…
Chief Archaeological Adviser to English Heritage, David Miles, considers the archaeology and architecture of Venice and the impact of tourism thereon…
Susan Searight writes of her work in Morocco including her involvement with a project that uses rock-art to explore ongoing climate change…
The wide-ranging archaeology of the Dakhleh Oasis deep in the Western Desert of Egypt…
The oldest known writing in the Americas has been discovered dating to 900 BC…
Two ancient sites in Austria are investigated to discover what was life was like for some of Europe's earliest farmers…
New scientific research is attempting to discern why Pompeii's paintings are turning black after excavation…
Richard Hodges sends his regular archaeological news, this time from Cape Styllo, a 'no-man's land' between Greece and Albania…
The Bankers of Puteoli: Finance, Trade and Industry in the Roman World David Jones Tempus, £19.99 In 1955, a hoard of over…
Chronicle of the Queens of Egypt Joyce Tyldesley, Thames and Hudson, £19.95 How powerful were women in Ancient Egypt? To judge by…
How Claudius, and then Trajan constructed an artificial harbour to supplement Ostia…
At the sites of Orce and Cueva Victoria in Spain, the story of the early hominid colonisation of Europe is being rewritten…
What is the state of Ghana's archaeology and heritage? English Heritage's Chief Archaeological Adviser David Miles reports…