When imagining the ancient city of Petra, it is the awe-inspiring façade of the monument known today as the Treasury (Al-Khazneh) that…
The Royal Museum, Edinburgh features treasures from Tuscany…
Gary Brown takes a look at the oft-ignored pre-colonial archaeology of Singapore…
Richard Hodges reports on Kerala. Otherwise known as God's own country, it is fast becoming an eco-tourist destination…
The Ancient Olympics Nigel Spivey, OUP £16.99 In the Greek hoplite army, every citizen was expected to be a soldier; your national…
Recreating Homer’s Trojan War A Hollywood blockbuster starring Brad Pitt and a book by award-winning novelist Lindsay Clarke both attempt to bring…
Jeffrey May tries to understand the rock art of South Africa…
Re-excavation of the tombof Ankhtyfy, an Egyptian warlord in the First Intermediate Period, 2100 BC…
Visiting Angkor Wat, Ayutthayan, Bangkok and a spectacular Bronze Age cemetary at Ban Non Wat…
Excavation of a Samurai castle in Okinawa, the island 400 miles to the south of Japan…
At Deir 'ain 'Abata in Jordan, the monastery of St Lot has been rediscovered and excavated…
Researchers use stronium in bones to distinguish between population groups…
Oldest known beads found in Africa show modern human behaviour…