At some point in the last few decades BC, Roman legionaries paused on the banks of the Mera River, to the north…
In 1576, the Elizabethan adventurer Martin Frobisher setout to discover the North-west passage to China, across the barren wastes of northern Canada.…
The Niah Cave, in Sarawak (which is pronounced with the emphasis on the second syllable: sa-RA-wak), is one of the crucial sites…
When were the Virgin Islands, in the Caribbean, first settled? Peter Drewett has been excavating an important prehistoric settlement at Belmont, first…
One of the seven wonders of the ancient world, the Pyramids have fascinated and baffled visitors for centuries, the difficulty of their…
New conclusions reached on Oetzi the Iceman…
Chemical analysis used to discover ancient diets…
Underwater excavations of the Caesarea Maritima…
London's Petrie museum launches online database…
Waterlogged conditions produce evidence for rowers on Roman barges…
David Breeze reports on the latest news from the Roman Frontier along the Danube…
The Chauvet Cave The discovery of the Chauvet Cave in the Ardèche valley in the south of France has proved to be…
Origins of Ancient Egypt How did ancient Egypt reach the point of take-off? In Genesis of the Pharaohs: Dramatic New discoveries that…