Art and artefacts from ancient Egypt must rank among the most remarkable and influential from the ancient world. Yet we know comparatively…
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…
An extended feature on Messene, the best preserved city in the southern Peloponnese…
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…
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…
The adoption of green beads used for jewllery coincides with the adoption of agriculture…
Richard Hodges gets gourmand in Spello, Italy…