A hoard discovered in the Netherlands presents an extraordinary first for continental Europe. The contents of this cache combine coins minted by…
From the pyramids of Egypt, to St Catherine’s Monastery in Sinai, via the Parthenon, Petra, and Pompeii, Charles Freeman’s latest book covers…
Visitors to Johannesburg can visit, in the grounds of the University of Witwatersrand, the outstanding Origins Centre. In this book the Centre’s…
This is a novel set in the reign of Tutankhamun, but also about Howard Carter’s work in Egypt, his partnership with Lord…
Visitors to the Wellcome Collection in London’s Euston Road cannot fail to be intrigued by the man behind it, the American-born pharmaceutical…
Admittedly, this is not a book on archaeology. Yet, it is well worth reading and thought-provoking, not least for those interested in…
Chronologically speaking, prehistory covers more than 95% of the time that humans have inhabited planet earth, although it is only in the…
John Hale is an archaeologist at the University of Kentucky in Louisville with an impressive dossier of field experience at sites both…
I got so excited when I first heard about the finds made at Yenikapı, the ancient harbour to the south of Istanbul’s…
I have a great job: as Reviews Editor at the journal Antiquity, books on subjects ranging from early hominins to today’s car…
I chose this book because it covers one of the most interesting and important periods of human prehistory, the origins and expansion…
The discovery of an unidentified and unexplained mummy, labelled Unknown Man E, in the Royal Cache tomb in Ancient Thebes, prompted the…
This is the book of the British Museum exhibition – a dazzling, kaleidoscopic view of the clay figurines of the earliest farmers…