At some point in the last few decades BC, Roman legionaries paused on the banks of the Mera River, to the north…
The site of La Hoya in north-central Iberia was a thriving political, social, and economic centre in the Iron Age, but this…
What was it like for a barbarian to become Roman? In the book that I am writing in my retirement, or semi-retirement,…
Journeying south from the Serbian Danube presents an opportunity to revel in Roman opulence, as Oliver Gilkes reveals. The Danubian provinces of…
Italy is in lockdown as I write and it feels like Christmas Day, such is the silence. Yet the cuckoos have dodged…
High on a hilltop near the village of Ploçe, Albania, lie the ruins of the ancient polis of Amantia. The city was…
Oliver Gilkes tours the Danube, in the first of a two-part exploration of Serbia’s archaeology. The mighty Danube runs for almost 2,000km…
No matter how many years I have spent in the Mediterranean in wintertime, I cannot get it into my head that it…
It is one of the delights of visiting new places that you sometimes find an entirely unexpected archaeological site, which gives you…
It is a country of enchantment which poets have staked out and which they alone may lay claim to. It is nearest…
Portugal’s Côa Valley contains Europe’s greatest collection of open-air Ice Age images. Across 17km, there are currently more than 530 known panels…
Investigating an isolated Neolithic tomb in Andalucía has revealed a new dimension to its rock art. What can this tell us about…
Now housed in the Prince’s Palace in Copenhagen, the National Museum of Denmark has one of the oldest established collections of prehistoric…