At some point in the last few decades BC, Roman legionaries paused on the banks of the Mera River, to the north…
Cutting-edge computer technology has shed new light on one of the enigmatic Easter Island statues, revealing new details of the cult images…
Analysis of some of the world’s earliest pots has revealed that Ice Age hunter-gatherers used them to cook fish. By studying charred…
Excavations in Switzerland have revealed the first intact Neolithic burial chamber north of the Alps. The dolmen, at Oberbipp in the Canton…
Archaeological work ahead of the construction of warehouses at Buchères, near Troyes, France, has uncovered the graves of around 30 Gaulish warriors…
A forgotten WWI battlefield lies in Africa’s Namib Desert. Few historical accounts exist of the campaigns fought here, so James Stejskal and…
In 312 BC, Appius Claudius set out to build a road from Rome to the south of Italy. So began the extensive…
To early Orientalists, they were exotic people who used arcane ritual and repulsive medicines; but in Antiquity, Egyptian doctors were regarded as…
Rocky Cappadocia played a significant role in the history of Byzantium, yet little is known of this remote area. Eric Cooper explores…
For nearly 5,000 years, the sanctuary site at Tas-Silġ lured worshippers to its idyllic island setting overlooking the blue waters of the…
Archaeologists in Cologne are completing the city’s biggest project of its kind ahead of construction for a new railway network. When it…
Ancient Egypt’s oldest iron artefacts were made from meteorite, new research has confirmed. The 9 small, tubular beads were found in graves…
Temple trivia from around the world.…