An Anglo-Saxon hoard containg over 1,346 gold and silver items has been discovered by a metal detectorist in Staffordshire, England…
What was life like on the northern frontier of the assyrian empire?The colonial site of Ziyaret Tepe reveals how boom went bust…
Richard Hodges tours the Salento in South Italy; there he finds a clash of civilizations and some intriguing Medieval graffiti…
The Sutton Hoo ship cemetery was one of the ideological forging-houses of early Medieval kingship in Europe. Here we discover how kings…
Andrew Selkirk travels to Madrid to discover more on maritime archaeology and trade…
Excavations beneath Copán have unearthed unexpected information about this powerful Maya site.…
How to survive ancient Rome: a travellers' low-down according to Philip Matyszak…
John Herbert reports on the glorious exhibition 'Afghanistan, les trésors retrouvés' currently on show at the Guimet Museum, Paris…
New scientific research is attempting to discern why Pompeii's paintings are turning black after excavation…
Excavations at the Late Kushite city of Dangeil in Sudan reveal a temple of Amun, and a massive bread-making facility…
A medieval site of massive industry: the once-booming and cosmopolitan city of Raqqa, on the banks of the Euphrates, Syria…
The undulating Great Wall of China is one of the world’s foremost historical sites. The mighty wall runs across the north of…