These tombs were the final resting places of Japan’s ancient elites, and form part of a broader East Asian funerary tradition, aspects…
Celebrating the Garden of Eden Last month, CWA joined a host of international archaeologists on Bahrain in the Arabian Gulf, to celebrate…
A picturesque look at Japan's prehistoric Jomon Culture, encompassing their exquisite pottery, economy and burial beliefs…
Excavations in north-west palace at Nimrud reveal burial of Queen Yaba, the Queen of Tiglath-pileser III, and her successors…
Archaeologists have unearthed an extensive archaeological complex at the site of Old Nisa…
A tour of the archaeology of the UAE, with a focus on the sites of Marawah, Buhais, Hili and Muweilah…
After 30 long years in negotiation with the authorities, the photographer Reza was finally granted permission to visit and photograph inside a…
And now for the reviewers ultimate challenge: how to review a book written in two languages, neither of which the reviewer understands.…
This book is beautiful. Indeed, author Benoy Behl describes his work as a ‘labour of love’. With over 200 illustrations, 189 of…
The Jomon must be one of the most perverse cultures in the world: it does not fit into any of the usual…
A s the recent elections have shown, there are few items more controversial than the war in Iraq. Do we see it…
Excavations are underway at the soldiers tomb in Petra, Jordna. Here there is both a tomb and a ritual dining room…
Cultivated rice dating back 10,000 years discovered in China…