In the 1st century BC, a Roman force advanced into Switzerland from Italy. We cannot yet be sure whether these soldiers were…
Olive trees thrive on poor soil where little else will grow, which means land that would otherwise be barren can produce food.…
Weapons, horse bones, and human skeletal remains have been found in the bed of the River Tollense, in north-eastern Germany, suggesting that…
Researchers at the University of Oxford and at University College Cork, in Ireland, have dated a Neanderthal fossil discovered in a significant…
The 100th anniversary of the ‘rediscovery’ of Machu Picchu in July 1911 has been marked by the return to Peru of some…
Donny George Youkhanna, who died in March following a heart attack, was described as ‘one of the brightest experts on the history…
CWA introduces our new columnist and old friend Charles Higham, who, in this issue, recalls his earliest forays into archaeology, and how…
Archaeologist Sarah Parcak, who teaches at the University of Alabama at Birmingham, admits to being astonished by her own achievement: ‘I couldn’t…
Post excavation analysis of the finds from Professor Colin Renfrew’s excavations on the island of Keros are beginning to throw new light…
The fact that llamas defecate communally so that their dung is easily gathered underpins the cultural achievement of the Inca civilisation and…
Shaped from the clays of the Amazon estuary, the elaborately decorated red, white, and black ceramics of the Marajó culture are a…
The results of a major study of early hominid teeth suggest that our male ancestors tended to stick around close to where…
Crete is well-connected by ferry to a number of the islands that lie close by. So if you want to go somewhere…