In the 1st century BC, a Roman force advanced into Switzerland from Italy. We cannot yet be sure whether these soldiers were…
Garry J Shaw Thames & Hudson, £24.95 ISBN 978-0500051740 Garry Shaw’s guide to ancient Egyptian kingship is beautifully illustrated with colour photographs of…
Ian Hodder Wiley-Blackwell, £19.99 ISBN 978-0470672129 Are artefacts a backdrop to society, props used to reconstruct lost ways of life, or…
Do the outlines of hands in Spain’s El Castillo cave belong to Homo sapiens or to their earlier Neanderthal cousins?…
The Diablo Pyramid, in Guatemala, covers an earlier temple whose intricately decorated façade was carefully packed to preserve its huge stucco masks.…
How does the archaeological record reflect the vital role horses played in the development of civilisation?…
Is global trawling of fragile shipwrecks the greatest threat to underwater heritage today?…
What was life like under the shadow of the pharaohs? The realities of life and death under Egypt's rule…
When they were built in the 2nd century AD, the great watermills at Barbegal, in the South of France, were at the…
‘Expect the unexpected’ is a good maxim for any archaeologist. But nothing could have prepared Terry Hardaker and his team for their…
Why were the bodies of a dozen newborn babies placed around the edge of a 1,000-year-old tomb?…
The unstoppable Persian king, Cyrus the Great, powered through Anatolia, conquering all in his path. In 547 BC, he defeated Croesus, the…
The Koru tumulus The large cluster of tumuli around Lake Kuş (Lake Manyas) – reminiscent of the Thousand Mounds of Sardis, the…