These tombs were the final resting places of Japan’s ancient elites, and form part of a broader East Asian funerary tradition, aspects…
How often do you visit a rock-art site armed only with binoculars? You do at Bangudae, on South Korea's east coast, and…
Anna Faherty goes in search of the wide open spaces and ancient markers of Mongolia’s remote hinterland.…
Prof Roger Matthews, Near Eastern Archaeology, University of Reading The study of the ancient Near East is inextricably linked with political developments…
Simon Kaner, Sainsbury Institute for the Study of Japanese Arts and Cultures One of the biggest stories of the past decade continues…
John Sandy, GHF Regional Director for Asia Most of the 12th-century Khmer monuments in Angkor are partial ruins, hidden under dense jungle.…
Off the beaten track in Iraqi Kurdistan For millennia, empires have clashed in the breathtaking landscape of Mesopotamia, leaving in their wake…
Tom St John Gray goes in search of the Great Wall of China and the Forbidden City. With limited Chinese, I boarded…
A tiny skeleton dating back 55 million years is the oldest primate fossil ever found, shedding new light on human evolution, researchers…
Before rice cultivation became prevalent in China, prehistoric inhabitants of its southern coast probably relied on sago palms as a staple food,…
A study published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences has pushed back agriculture in China by 12,000 years. The…
Analysis of some of the world’s earliest pots has revealed that Ice Age hunter-gatherers used them to cook fish. By studying charred…
Temple trivia from around the world.…