A hoard discovered in the Netherlands presents an extraordinary first for continental Europe. The contents of this cache combine coins minted by…
Sea shells and phallic figurines found in Neolithic graves…
Andrew Selkirk travels to Madrid to discover more on maritime archaeology and trade…
Richard Hodges writes from Gettysburg, USA…
He reportedly received death threats in the 1970s for promoting pre-Islamic history in the Kingdom. During a helicopter trip to the site…
With the decline of grammar schools in Britain, Classics seemed to be heading for a fall. Recently however, both in the UK…
Tony Wilmott started with the re-excavation of one amphitheatre, that of Chester. He promptly went on to a re-examination of amphitheatres, sorts…
Viva La Revolucion! is a wonderfully engaging title featuring recipes from Mexico’s best chefs. Cook-books are certainly all the rage at Christmas, but…
Maintaining conservation standards in our towns and villages is essential work but light years away from the stench of cordite in Beirut…
Instead of plastic toys that will be broken before Christmas dinner, how about one of the British Museum pocket series as stocking-fillers…
According to the archaeologist Manolis Andronikos, the Royal Tombs of Vergina, in northern Greece, belong to King Phillip II (388-336 BC) and…
John Preston’s The Dig, a story about the excavation of the Anglo-Saxon site of Sutton Hoo, has now been published in paperback. It…