At some point in the last few decades BC, Roman legionaries paused on the banks of the Mera River, to the north…
The Han Dynasty was founded in 206 BC, and their 400 years of near-continuous rule represent a Golden Age for China. By…
Bjørn Poulsen and Søren Michael Sinbaek (eds.) Brepols, £79.00 ISBN 978-2503531311 Recent advances in settlement archaeology have uncovered a treasure trove of new…
As we crossed from Marmaris to Rhodes, the hydrofoil skimming through the hammered blue seas, my thoughts turned to one of my…
On the letters page of CWA 52, Martin Davie asked for more information about Thera. Well, Martin, I may just be able to…
News breaking as we go to press that archaeologists have discovered an unknown language dating back 2,500 years to the days of…
Researchers studying 5,300-year-old ‘Oetzi’ have found traces of blood, the oldest red blood cells ever recovered, showing he died shortly after his…
Greek archaeologists picketed a recent auction of antiquities at a London auction house in protest against cuts to state heritage services in…
As we go to press, a third man has been arrested in connection with the theft of 18 Chinese artefacts from the…
In Füllinsdorf, archaeologists have announced the discovery of the largest hoard of Iron Age silver coins ever to be found in Switzerland.…
Archaeologists have unearthed several thousand silver objects, buried 1,000 years ago in Gotland, Sweden. This is the second substantial hoard to have…
Archaeological investigations have unearthed an Iron Age hoard during the construction of a new highway near the modern village of Tartaria in…
Archaeologists recovered a hoard of nearly 50 Roman silver luxury utensils at Vinkovci in Croatia, describing it as one of the most…