In the 1st century BC, a Roman force advanced into Switzerland from Italy. We cannot yet be sure whether these soldiers were…
Determining age at death is one of the first assessments made of a human skeleton. In juveniles, this is straightforward: the body…
One of the original 12 sites to be added to the World Heritage list, Lalibela is one of the most important pilgrimage…
Vladimir Karasev lifts the iron curtain from the archaeology of the Independent Republic of Uzbekistan and reports on the archaeology of Tashkent…
A report on the new BM exhibition space…
The excavations at a fashionable Old Kingdom cemetery lying just behind the step pyramid of Zoser, Saqqara, Egypt…
The many and diverse records of the Tutankhamun tomb excavation are brought into the 21st century…
Has the first century AD port of Muzris been found?…
Doll maker enlisted to help reconstruct the head of Bocksten Man…
DNA research of 100,000 year old Neanderthal suggests greater genetic diversity than previously thought…
Ancient figs found in Jordan may prove to be some the earliest evidence of agriculture in the world…
DNA tests on bones of early Neolithic farmers from the Czech Republic suggests they were native to central Europe and not migrants…
Mark Horton writes from Iran where he explored the site of Siraf…