In the wake of Italy’s catastrophic earthquake, Tracy Roberts, vice-president of LoveItaly, considers the present and looks to the future. On 24…
Ice Age art is as awe-inspiring as it is perplexing, an astonishing and unprecedented explosion of human creativity. Much of what we thought we…
Late in the year the streets of modern Rome are visited by groups of strangely dressed men with soft felt hats and…
The 6th century BC temple on the Greek island Despotiko is not what you might expect: the shrine boasts an enormous dining…
In France, archaeologists have uncovered a huge Iron Age chariot burial that is puzzling archaeologists. It is the largest yet found, and belongs…
The spectacular untouched tomb of Prince Liang Zhuang, favourite brother of the Ming emperor Xuande, has been hailed as China’s greatest discovery for a…
War has raged in and around the last Hittite capital of Karkemish throughout its long and prestigious history. The city – also known…
The Moche were the first empire-builders of the American continent, more than eight centuries before the Incas, and just as deserving of fame as…
Finding the archaeological evidence for a major turning point in history is something few archaeologists will experience. Finding the remains of a sea battle…