When imagining the ancient city of Petra, it is the awe-inspiring façade of the monument known today as the Treasury (Al-Khazneh) that…
Andrew Selkirk recalls the city before the devestation of Hurricane Katrina, and reveals some unusual burial practices…
A close look at the copious Roman artefacts found at the bottom of the sacred spring at Bourbonne-les-Bains in France…
Two boys discover artefacts dating between AD 900-1100 Tromsø, Norway…
A collection of lost or unknown Egyptian artefacts found in the Beijing museum…
Mexican footprints may hold the key to discovering the origins of human populations in the Americas…
Stone phallus discovered during excavations at Hohle Fels Cave, Swabian Jura, Germany…
Remains of a young woman found in a bog in 2000 have been identified as dating from the Iron Age…
Evidence for the earliest footwear known to man…
A set of ancient silverware is discovered at Pompeii…
John Crookshank on Roman Spain, with a focus on Mérida…
This is the seventh edition of Coe’s Maya, a readable and enjoyable richly illustrated introduction to the New World civilisation. Here, the…