A hoard discovered in the Netherlands presents an extraordinary first for continental Europe. The contents of this cache combine coins minted by…
Guide books are essential for the visitor. I wanted to recommend the Blue Guides, which I have always found helpful, writes Andrew…
Though archaeological evidence is lacking, it is generally believed on other grounds that India is where the game of chess was invented…
The final resting place of Alexander the Great is one of the famous unsolved mysteries of the ancient world. After he died…
Egypt's sunken treasures; on tour in Yemen; a final plea to save Allianoi in Turkey…
The story of the red-brick Gorgan Wall. Snaking at least 195km from the Caspian Sea to the Highlands, it is one of…
The site of Jerablus Tahtani, which rises up in the Uruk period, becomes strongly fortified in the Early Bronze Age, but is…
The intriguing rock art from the Alaskan rock shelters of Tuxedni and Clam Cove…
The Great Arab Revolt Project, the CWA-backed excavation, is in its second season. Here the team tells of the latest results…
Richard Hodges remembers his first encounter with the University of Pennsylvania Museum…
The 1st century BC site of the local dynast, Antiochus I, who ruled a small but wealthy kingdom in south-east Turkey called…
Will isotope analysis reveal the origins of skeletons found in the earliest known cemetery in the Pacific…
DNA evidence suggests that Neanderthals may have had red hair…