The Thracians made a keen impression on both their neighbours and the archaeological record, but how much do we really know about…
Stone phallus discovered during excavations at Hohle Fels Cave, Swabian Jura, Germany…
A collection of lost or unknown Egyptian artefacts found in the Beijing museum…
Evidence for the earliest footwear known to man…
Mexican footprints may hold the key to discovering the origins of human populations in the Americas…
John Crookshank on Roman Spain, with a focus on Mérida…
Over the years there have been several magic moments during my digging career. Trowelling down to reveal my first mosaic in a…
A global superpower attacks a small ‘rogue state’. The superpower – arrogant, self-righteous, supremely confident – swaggers in. It is bound to…
This is the seventh edition of Coe’s Maya, a readable and enjoyable richly illustrated introduction to the New World civilisation. Here, the…
In 1703, Robert Drury, aged 16, was shipwrecked on the south coast of Madagascar. For the next 13 years he was a…
Campaign to rescue Roman bath site at Allianoi…
G.J. Tassie of the Cultural Heritage Organisation, looks at some of the recent undertakings in Egypt…
The latest discoveries at KV5, the largest ancient Egyptian tomb ever discovered in the Valley of the Kings at Luxor…