A hoard discovered in the Netherlands presents an extraordinary first for continental Europe. The contents of this cache combine coins minted by…
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New evidence suggests that modern humans may have been present in South East Asia for longer than previously invisaged…
Scientists use ancient bones to try to uncover the origins and evolution of tuberculosis…
Archaeologists investigate the mysterious death of an acrobat who met his end around 2300 BC…
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Romanist Neil Faulkner takes us on a tour of the Roman port of Ostia…
Nadia Durrani reports on the site of the newly-opened Surgeon's House in Rimini, north-east Italy…
The Temple Architecture of India Adam Hardy Wiley, £45.00 Unlike Mughal art and architecture, Hindu sculpture and architecture were poorly received by…
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Who was Hadrian? The British Museum's latest block-buster considers the life of the enigmatic emperor…