A hoard discovered in the Netherlands presents an extraordinary first for continental Europe. The contents of this cache combine coins minted by…
The archaeology of post-medieval fishing and trading sites along the coasts of Iceland…
We look down upon 8m of stratigraphy at the caravanserai of Gor Khuttree in North Pakistan…
Excavations at the Late Kushite city of Dangeil in Sudan reveal a temple of Amun, and a massive bread-making facility…
A medieval site of massive industry: the once-booming and cosmopolitan city of Raqqa, on the banks of the Euphrates, Syria…
New research indicates that self-adornment seems to be an archaic human trait…
Florentine scientists have developed a new tool to help preserve precious fresco paintings…
The undulating Great Wall of China is one of the world’s foremost historical sites. The mighty wall runs across the north of…
A radar survey project in the Valley of the Kings may have revealed a new tomb…
Richard Hodges writes from the island of Áno Koufoníssi where he spent time with Lord Renfrew…
By Jonathan Tokeley, Imprint Academic, Exeter, £25 Is the tide turning in the ‘cultural heritage crusade’? For a generation or more, it…
Edited by Eleanor Robson, Luke Treadwell and Chris Gosden Oxbow books £24 This consists of nine essays that had their origin in…
Peter Watson and Cecili Todeschini Public Affairs Books £15.99 This is very much a Cowboys and Indians sort of book chronicling the…