The traditional story of the foundation of Falerii Novi is a dramatic one. This town lies in the Tiber valley, about 44km…
Dates of the Mycenean period pushed back 50 years…
The Ancient Olympics Nigel Spivey, OUP £16.99 In the Greek hoplite army, every citizen was expected to be a soldier; your national…
Recreating Homer’s Trojan War A Hollywood blockbuster starring Brad Pitt and a book by award-winning novelist Lindsay Clarke both attempt to bring…
Structural damage to Alhambra is due to seismic activity…
Researchers use stronium in bones to distinguish between population groups…
Nebra Sun Disc discovered…
Richard Hodges looks at rescue archaeology in Spain, and is sceptical about UNESCO's plans for Alhambra…
Map of the ancient town…
Investigating the devestating eruption of Mount Versuvius that snubbed out all life in Pompeii…
Was Pompeii an Etruscan planned city? Reading University's excavations of the House of Amarantus…
The revelations of Bradford University's excavations of the city at the time of the Caesars, with a focus on architecture, sanitation and…
Is an alternate version of the Pompeii story a possibility?…