In the 1st century BC, a Roman force advanced into Switzerland from Italy. We cannot yet be sure whether these soldiers were…
The Smithsonian Institution in Washington DC has withdrawn from hosting a controversial maritime exhibition. Shipwrecked: Tang Treasures and Monsoon Winds was due…
Lion man or woman? In August 1939, archaeologist Otto Völzing was excavating deep inside the Stadel cave in the Schwäbische Alb mountains…
Results of the excavations at Knossos surpassed all expectations. Evans revealed a vast palace complex of Middle Bronze Age date , 1300…
At a barbecue last year, a former student of mine, who had joined me on my excavations for 20 years, suggested the…
Tuscany conjures thoughts of the apogee of rich living. Its picturesque villages, graced by grand villas and their pools, serve as summer…
It is a traveller’s story repeated throughout the decades. The first-time visitor to Paris arrives in the city armed with a checklist…
He founded the Oriental Institute in Chicago, was the first American to achieve a doctorate in Egyptology, and his book is an…
Frederick N Bohrer Reaktion Books Ltd, £17.95 Before photography, archaeologists hired ‘tracers’ to copy inscriptions and record finds by hand. Howard Carter…
Colin McEcedy Allen Lane, £25.00 Alexandria. Athens. Babylon. Carthage. Constantinople. Jerusalem. Colin McEvedy’s contents page reads like a roll-call of some of…
Nick Thomson Shire Books, £6.99 Corrugated iron may not be seen as a glamorous building material today, but it was once so…
Chris Webber Pen and Sword, £25.00 Claiming descent from Thrax, son of the war god Ares, the Thracians were feared throughout the…
We travel from all over the country to visit a special exhibition at the British Museum in London, or even hop across…