Between fields of grain and potatoes in the middle of Germany, about 18km south east of Magdeburg, near the town of Schönebeck,…
Until now the study of ancient DNA has been based on the challenging science of extracting genetic material from fossilised bone, but…
Professor Adrian Newton, of the UK’s Bournemouth University, has called for better protection of the threatened fruit forests of Kyrgyzstan, the landlocked…
Among the oldest known examples of symbolic behaviour amongst humans and our close hominid relations is the use of ochre in burial…
Fieldwork led by researchers at University College London (UCL) and the University of Manchester has shown that stone figures lying on their…
An unexpected use for a plant has been discovered by scientists at Zhejiang University in the city of Hangzhou, in eastern China.…
For Sigmund Freud, the archaeology of the city of Rome was a metaphor for the unconscious mind – a place where no…
Every time I arrive at the British School at Rome, it is somehow different. Old buildings and strong institutions can be like…
Rome is a city of books. Perhaps the greatest concentration of leading libraries in the world exists here, though refurbishments and closures…
In 1911 a major international exhibition was held in Rome, and the British put up a particularly splendid pavilion designed by Edwin…
We know more about Pompeii than any other Roman town. It is the benchmark, and yet we still have so much to…
When Otto Benndorf presented his excavation project plans to the Ministry of Culture in 1893, he calculated that Ephesus could be uncovered…
In his writings, Strabo explains that the city of Metropolis is 120 stadia from Ephesus - and indeed it lies about 35km…