It is easy to see the Thracians as stereotypes. According to the ancient literature, they were riders, warriors, and capable of horrifying…
In 1703, Robert Drury, aged 16, was shipwrecked on the south coast of Madagascar. For the next 13 years he was a…
Professor of Archaeology at the Australian National University, Peter Bellwood, has written a book that is both important and stimulating. He brings…
A global superpower attacks a small ‘rogue state’. The superpower – arrogant, self-righteous, supremely confident – swaggers in. It is bound to…
Campaign to rescue Roman bath site at Allianoi…
G.J. Tassie of the Cultural Heritage Organisation, looks at some of the recent undertakings in Egypt…
The latest discoveries at KV5, the largest ancient Egyptian tomb ever discovered in the Valley of the Kings at Luxor…
A detailed look at the finest mosaics discovered anywhere in the Roman world for a generation, recently discovered in the desert city…
The new Baku-Tblisi-Ceyhan oil pipeline. CWA investigates the fate of archaeology…
In early June a glittering European Awards Ceremony was held in Bergen, Norway to celebrate the 2005 European Union Prize for Cultural…
A project to reconstruct a 5000 BC henge monument, interpreted as a solar observatory, the oldest of its kind in Europe, has…
Researchers suspect the corpse of Oetzi, the 5,000-year-old mummy frozen in the Italian Alps might have been contaminated by bacteria since its…
In early June a glittering European Awards Ceremony was held in Bergen, Norway to celebrate the 2005 European Union Prize for Cultural…