Digging a pottery kiln in the central Tuscan town of Castelfiorentino
Qatna, Syria
Peter Pfalzner, of the University of Tubingen writes of the extraordinary Brinze Age royal tombs at Qanta
St-Bertrand-de-Comminges, France
Excavations in the hilltop town reveal Roman defensive wall still standing to its full height and help to date the town
Senneferi, Tomb of
How did a high-class Egyptian tomb work? All is revealed at the tomb of Senneferi who lived at the height of the New Kingdom at around 1420
Hominid, World’s Oldest was Brained by Bird
January 6, 2006
Filed Under: Issue 15, News, South Africa
Researchers reveal Taung Child was killed by an eagle
Blow to Nero’s Palace
Nero’s palace has been forced to close after rain in December 2005 threatened to bring down part of the building
Neolithic Baby Boom
Scientific study reveals the invention of agriculture led to significant population increase
Ancient Australian Rock Carvings Trashed
Ancient Aboriginal rock carving destroyed in malicous attack
Egyptian Dwarfs
Biological and artistic evidence suggests that dwarfs held a privilaged position in Ancient Egyptian society
Hungary, The City of Pécs
Chief Archaeological Advisor to English Heritage, David Miles explores the city of Pecs
Beyond The River
To the east of the small town of Madaba in Jordan – famed for its 6th century AD Mosaic Map, the earliest known map of the Levant – is the Persian Palace of Qasr el-Mushatta. So impressive were these Persian ruins that Layard, writing in 1840, described them as ‘a marvellous example of the sumptuousness [...]
Tomb of Agamemnon, The
In the 1870s, the German grocer Heinrich Schliemann decided to devote the wealth he had accumulated in grocery to go and dig up first Troy and then Mycenae. In Mycenae he struck gold – literally. In 1876, just inside the Lion Gate, he excavated a circle of stone slabs which contained five shaft graves and [...]
Egypt: How a Lost Civilisation was Discovered
Egypt – How a lost civilisation was rediscovered. Joyce Tyldesley BBC Books, £17.99 In 1400 BC, the three pyramids at Giza, were already 1000 years old. Long abandoned by their priests, they lay open, stripped of their precious contents. The once-mighty sphinx already lay buried to its neck in sand. Fashions had changed and the [...]
Road to Byzantium: Luxury Arts of Antiquity
London’s Somerset House showcases a selection of classical Greek, Roman and Byzantine objects
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