The monuments carved into the rose-red rock faces at Petra can be counted among the most renowned archaeological remains on the planet.…
Richard Hodges obsesses over Medieval Comacchio, Italy…
David Turner tours Diriyah, Saudi Arabia…
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Telling the time is basic to archaeology. It has never been straightforward. At first, there were just historical dates – dates recorded…
Chris Turney, Macmillan, pb £9.99 Ice, Mud and Blood: lessons from climates past This article is an extract from the full article…
The ruins of Great Zimbabwe extend over 720 hectares of rocky hill and valley in south-central Zimbabwe. Yet it's origins were often…
There is a range of other must-see sites on the Northern coastal ‘Moche Route’ that date from before and after the Moche…
Images of the Universe from Antiquity to the Telescope…
Who is Alexander Selkirk? Aside from being our publisher‘s brother, he was also the inspiration for the world’s most famous castaway. Writer…
The 16th president of the USA is much written about; now, excavations in Salem, Illinois, are revealing new secrets about his early…
Two hearths, three postholes, and a fragment from a nautical instrument: could this be the shelter of Alexander Selkirk, the original Robinson…
Odyssey Marine Exploration believes it has found the long lost shipwreck of HMS Victory, sunk in a ferocious storm in 1744…