It is easy to see the Thracians as stereotypes. According to the ancient literature, they were riders, warriors, and capable of horrifying…
Spending a crusader penny To most of us, lavatories are ‘yuck’, but to archaeologists they can be gold – especially if you…
Egypt's former Minister of State for Antiquities Affairs fell into archaeology by chance, yet it came to dominate his life. Dr Zahi…
Swanning around Older readers will recall the television career of Sir Mortimer Wheeler, and his enormous impact on budding young archaeologists through…
In December 2006, the New York Metropolitan Opera’s performance of Mozart’s The Magic Flute was broadcast live via satellite into 100 cinemas…
Australopithecus sediba had a mixture of primitive and modern anatomical features, and a unique way of walking, newly published research says. The…
Before rice cultivation became prevalent in China, prehistoric inhabitants of its southern coast probably relied on sago palms as a staple food,…
A study published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences has pushed back agriculture in China by 12,000 years. The…
Discovered by British divers off the coast of Tobruk, Libya, in 1964, the Belgammel Ram would have been fixed to the upper…
Excavations on Manda, an island off the coast of Kenya, have revealed a 600-year-old Chinese coin linked to the expedition of Admiral…
Cutting-edge computer technology has shed new light on one of the enigmatic Easter Island statues, revealing new details of the cult images…
Analysis of some of the world’s earliest pots has revealed that Ice Age hunter-gatherers used them to cook fish. By studying charred…
Excavations in Switzerland have revealed the first intact Neolithic burial chamber north of the Alps. The dolmen, at Oberbipp in the Canton…