A hoard discovered in the Netherlands presents an extraordinary first for continental Europe. The contents of this cache combine coins minted by…
The shallow waters of the inland sea known as the Persian Gulf might well hold the evidence of the earliest human migrations…
Questions are being asked about the cultural priorities of the Italian Government in the wake of recent structural damage to the ancient…
Archaeologists and soil scientists have come up with the novel theory that the open areas conventionally described as ‘ritual plazas’ in Mayan cities…
Northern and central India are renowned for their vast amount of rock art of global significance; now an international team has demonstrated…
Everyday concerns in ancient Egypt still resonate today, according to the latest issue of The Bulletin of the American Society of Papyrologists,…
Researchers at Tel Aviv University have uncovered an ancient royal garden at the site of Ramat Rachel, in the Judean Hills, some…
Robots roam at Teotihuacan, Mexico Robots for exploring deep under pyramids are a new fashion in archaeology. One revealed a hidden door…
To sail the Turkish Coast is to embark on an historical and archaeological adventure that spans over 3,000 years of history. It…
I clearly remember the day in October 1957, when news swept through the Institute of Archaeology in London that Gordon Childe had…
For years I have directed small armies of excavators through a project manager, so returning to the role of quartermaster (and co-director)…
In 1819, the English physician and polymath Thomas Young – best known to archaeologists for his work in deciphering the Egyptian hieroglyphs…
The modern country of Libya – the Socialist People’s Libyan Arab Jamahiriya – encompasses one of the richest parts of the Roman…