The Thracians made a keen impression on both their neighbours and the archaeological record, but how much do we really know about…
New scientific research is attempting to discern why Pompeii's paintings are turning black after excavation…
Richard Hodges sends his regular archaeological news, this time from Cape Styllo, a 'no-man's land' between Greece and Albania…
The Bankers of Puteoli: Finance, Trade and Industry in the Roman World David Jones Tempus, £19.99 In 1955, a hoard of over…
Chronicle of the Queens of Egypt Joyce Tyldesley, Thames and Hudson, £19.95 How powerful were women in Ancient Egypt? To judge by…
How Claudius, and then Trajan constructed an artificial harbour to supplement Ostia…
At the sites of Orce and Cueva Victoria in Spain, the story of the early hominid colonisation of Europe is being rewritten…
What is the state of Ghana's archaeology and heritage? English Heritage's Chief Archaeological Adviser David Miles reports…
A sherd of superb pottery reveals evidence for Denmark's original colonial presence in Ghana…
What is taboo? The current exhibition at the British Museum reveals all by looking at Art and Divinity in Polynesia, 1760-1860…
Well-preserved 'noble fighter' discovered…
Re-examination of artefacts from sites in central France reveal that Neanderthals were more like modern humans than previously thought…
Pharaoh's suffering statue now re-erected at Giza…