In the 1st century BC, a Roman force advanced into Switzerland from Italy. We cannot yet be sure whether these soldiers were…
On Friday 4 June 2004, The European Union and Europa Nostra – the pan-European federation for heritage -announced the winners of the…
Archaeological evidence suggests the prevelance of cancers may have been significantly less in our ancestors…
A two day conference celebrating the archaeology and anthropology of those countries bordering the Red Sea…
Dates of the Mycenean period pushed back 50 years…
Gary Brown takes a look at the oft-ignored pre-colonial archaeology of Singapore…
Richard Hodges reports on Kerala. Otherwise known as God's own country, it is fast becoming an eco-tourist destination…
Recreating Homer’s Trojan War A Hollywood blockbuster starring Brad Pitt and a book by award-winning novelist Lindsay Clarke both attempt to bring…
The Ancient Olympics Nigel Spivey, OUP £16.99 In the Greek hoplite army, every citizen was expected to be a soldier; your national…
At Deir 'ain 'Abata in Jordan, the monastery of St Lot has been rediscovered and excavated…
Re-excavation of the tombof Ankhtyfy, an Egyptian warlord in the First Intermediate Period, 2100 BC…
Visiting Angkor Wat, Ayutthayan, Bangkok and a spectacular Bronze Age cemetary at Ban Non Wat…
Excavation of a Samurai castle in Okinawa, the island 400 miles to the south of Japan…