In the 1990s, an aerial photograph captured a circular feature in the fields near the village of Pömmelte, Germany, sparking the beginning…
Telling the time is basic to archaeology. It has never been straightforward. At first, there were just historical dates – dates recorded…
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Images of the Universe from Antiquity to the Telescope…
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…
Who is Alexander Selkirk? Aside from being our publisher‘s brother, he was also the inspiration for the world’s most famous castaway. Writer…
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…
David Kennedy powers up in a microlight plane to take us for a scenic trip over one particularly stunning Classical site sitting…
The 16th president of the USA is much written about; now, excavations in Salem, Illinois, are revealing new secrets about his early…
Laser scanning techniques used to create detailed picture of statues found at Herculaneum…
Archaeologists attempt to discern the chronology of images painted at the prehistoric site…