It was a treacherous stretch of coast. The ancient Greek historian Xenophon, writing in the 4th century BC, describes the perils of…
Recreating Homer’s Trojan War A Hollywood blockbuster starring Brad Pitt and a book by award-winning novelist Lindsay Clarke both attempt to bring…
The Ancient Olympics Nigel Spivey, OUP £16.99 In the Greek hoplite army, every citizen was expected to be a soldier; your national…
Nebra Sun Disc discovered…
Structural damage to Alhambra is due to seismic activity…
Researchers use stronium in bones to distinguish between population groups…
Richard Hodges looks at rescue archaeology in Spain, and is sceptical about UNESCO's plans for Alhambra…
Research in to Pompeii's roads shows traffic jams are not new…
Wall frescos reveal the social life of Pompeii…
A look at the interiors of Pompeian houses…
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…