It is easy to see the Thracians as stereotypes. According to the ancient literature, they were riders, warriors, and capable of horrifying…
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…
Five lines of faded characters written in ink and divided by black lines on a scrap of pottery measuring 15 by 15cm…
George Nash explores the rock-art of Malaysia and invites readers to join in…
Richard Hodges gets gourmand in Spello, Italy…
Archaeological insights on the city of Lepcis Magna in Libya from specialist Philip Kenrick…
‘The paintings handed down by my ancestors are perhaps the most important of the Jodhpur royal collections’, writes the present maharaja of…
For the next two decades, tourists visiting Palenque were told that the body was that of an unknown Maya king. Then, in…
Henri Cartier-Bresson was certainly no archaeologist, but his mid-20th century photographs of ancient sites and cultural traditions, especially in Asia, will be…
The history and mystery of ancient Babylon are explored in the new exhibition Myth and Reality at the British Museum…