Ramses II knew how to make his mark. A fondness for ambitious architectural projects drove him to build new temples and embellish…
The dates of people living in Oregon's Paisley caves have been worked out from analysing DNA found in fossilised faeces…
The formula used to create 'Mayan blue' used in ritual practice has finally been revealed…
The expertise of anthropologists is being used to help the US military better understand the populations in the areas in which they…
A study from science magazine has revealed that previously unknown Aztec symbols infact units of land holdings in pre-columbian Mexico…
Using lasers to recreate the original vivid colours, visitors will be able to see Trajans Column as it was when erected in…
Five years on from the US occupation of Iraq, archaeologists have been attempting to quantify the scale of the damage to heritage…
Neil Faulkner considers the future of Rome's great Ara Pacis museum…
Brian Fagan's latest column reporting on all things archaeological…
Finds of carved ivory have suggested the methods of boat building and artic hunting of prehistoric Eskimo people from the far east…
4000 year old jewllery found at Jiskairumoko, near lake Titicaca…
Nadia Durrani visits the site of Göbekli Tepe, an 11,000 year old site that is so incredible it is changing our view…
Richard Hodges writes from Kerkyra, Corfu…