Ramses II knew how to make his mark. A fondness for ambitious architectural projects drove him to build new temples and embellish…
Penn Museum was founded on a grandiose scale in the 1880s, and we open the issue with a review of its rollercoaster…
In the 8th century BC, the Spartans subjugated their Peloponnesian neighbours, the Messenians. When eventually Sparta was conquered, the Messenians founded a…
In this issue we present one of Rome’s greatest un-success stories: the extravagant yet impractical city of Clunia in northern Spain.Two thousand…
This issue marks our fifth anniversary and in celebration, we have given the magazine a splendid new look.As ever, we offer the…
In 1694, HMS Sussex was lost in the Straits of Gibraltar, buried deep beneath the sea…
The city of Zabid was a cultural and political centre of Medieval Yemen. The archaeologists can finally reveal the story of this…
An extended feature on Messene, the best preserved city in the southern Peloponnese…
Five lines of faded characters written in ink and divided by black lines on a scrap of pottery measuring 15 by 15cm…
News Extra from Brian Fagan…
Excavators at Herodium have reiterated their claim that have found king Herod's sarcophagus…
Fictional accounts may coincide with historical copper mines at Khirbat en-Nahas…
An Iron Age slab found in south-east Turkey conatains first known written mention of the soul…