At some point in the last few decades BC, Roman legionaries paused on the banks of the Mera River, to the north…
John Herbert reports on the glorious exhibition 'Afghanistan, les trésors retrouvés' currently on show at the Guimet Museum, Paris…
David Miles considers how Berlin is dealing with its recent heritage including a look at Libeskind's Jewish Museum and Eiserman's Holocaust Memorial…
The controversial find of 'Hobbit like' skeleton, has concluded with new hominid species being declared…
Researchers at UCL have revealed the chemical make up of Hessian crucibles using X--ray diffraction…
Archaeologists discover evidence of ritual activity dating back 70,000 years in Kalahari cave…
Bisitun, site of a rock-cut relief that enabled the decipherment of cuneiform Babylonian has been made into a World Heritage monument…
Richard Hodges visits the distinguished Danish archaeologist Klavs Randsborg and together they explore Denmark's past…
Final Report: An Archaeologist Excavated His Past Michael Coe, Thames and Hudson, £18.95 Michael Coe is one of the great figures of…
David Thorpe reports on the first stages of fieldwork to uncover evidence of Lawrence of Arabia…
The British Academy axes Egypt and Iraq…
The Egypt Exploration Society (EES) has recently heard that, in two years’ time, it will lose its funding from the British Academy.…
The rationale behind the changes We approached the British Academy for an explanation for the changes in funding of institutes and societies.…