It is easy to see the Thracians as stereotypes. According to the ancient literature, they were riders, warriors, and capable of horrifying…
How radiocarbon dating revolutionised our concept of social evolution.…
An account of the new discovery of a 9th century Viking pagan boat burial - the first to be discovered in Iceland…
A retrospective on the work of the British Institute of Archaeology in Ankara, as they celebrate their 60th anniversary this year…
The Roman city of Clunia has many prestigious monuments, such as the massive theatre shown on the cover. So why was the…
Meet the ancestors: current research on skeletons from the Neolithic cemetery of Vedrovice is offering individual portraits of Europe's first farmers…
Far from the Amazon being virgin forest, it once supported a network of densely populated towns, according to Prof. Mike Heckenberger, from…
News extra from Brian Fagan.…
Sea shells and phallic figurines found in Neolithic graves…
Beehives dating to the time of Solomon discovered in the Jordan Valley…
Aga Khan to restore Syria's medieval castles…
It is a problem that has frustrated many an archaeologist faced with recreating an ancient wall painting, mosaic or pot: just how…
Cattle, sheep and goats were domesticated by the 8th millennium BC but until recently the earliest evidence for milk processing, most likely…