In the 1st century BC, a Roman force advanced into Switzerland from Italy. We cannot yet be sure whether these soldiers were…
A medieval site of massive industry: the once-booming and cosmopolitan city of Raqqa, on the banks of the Euphrates, Syria…
The archaeology of post-medieval fishing and trading sites along the coasts of Iceland…
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…
The Annual European Union Prize for Cultural Heritage / Europa Nostra Awards seek to show how keen the European Union is to…
Only a couple of months ago CWA published Dominic Perring’s optimistic feature on Beirut’s archaeology. It was about the 12 year programme of…