In the 1st century BC, a Roman force advanced into Switzerland from Italy. We cannot yet be sure whether these soldiers were…
The Seventy Great Mysteries of Ancient Egypt Ed. Bill Manley, Thames and Hudson, £24.95 Were the pyramids built by slaves? Did the…
The Archaeology of Christianity in Africa Niall Finneran (Tempus £19.99) The Archaeology of Christianity in Africa covers a wide span. It begins…
Lost Civilisations looks at some 20 archaeological sites from around the world. The author has a wide selection, with five from America,…
The Graeco-Roman site of Butrint, is hitherto little known, because it lies in Albania, and has thus been little visited. But since…
In 1576, the Elizabethan adventurer Martin Frobisher setout to discover the North-west passage to China, across the barren wastes of northern Canada.…
The Niah Cave, in Sarawak (which is pronounced with the emphasis on the second syllable: sa-RA-wak), is one of the crucial sites…
When were the Virgin Islands, in the Caribbean, first settled? Peter Drewett has been excavating an important prehistoric settlement at Belmont, first…
One of the seven wonders of the ancient world, the Pyramids have fascinated and baffled visitors for centuries, the difficulty of their…
Waterlogged conditions produce evidence for rowers on Roman barges…
New conclusions reached on Oetzi the Iceman…
British academy awards a £1 million grant to investigate the fundamentals of what makes us human…
Chemical analysis used to discover ancient diets…