Pakistan, The Wonders of

March 7, 2006 Filed Under: Issue 16, Features, Pakistan

CWA reports on the current excavations and star sites of Northern Pakistan

Beirut, Excavating the Souks

March 7, 2006 Filed Under: Issue 16, Features, Lebanon

Digging the markets of Beirut: a report by Dominic Perring on 12 years’ work in Lebanon’s capital

Riccardo Francovich

March 7, 2006 Filed Under: Issue 16, Features, Italy

Richard Hodges interviews Professor Francovich, leading exponent of Medieval Archaeology in Italy

Megalithic Italy, The Wooden Tombs of Manerba

March 7, 2006 Filed Under: Issue 16, Features, Italy

Lawrence Barfield details Manerba, a cemetery site in Italy that marks the eastern border of Europe’s megalithic tradition

Chinese Yunnan Province, Red Rock Art

March 6, 2006 Filed Under: Issue 16, News, China

Archaeologists discover rock painting dating back 3,000 years

Ireland, Iron Age Bog Bodies

March 6, 2006 Filed Under: Issue 16, News, Ireland

Two remarkably well preserved Iron Age bog bodies discovered in the Republic of Ireland

Athenian Plague Caused by Typhoid

March 6, 2006 Filed Under: Issue 16, News, Greece

Scientists reveal the cause of deadly Athenian plague

Valley of the Kings: KV-63: Tomb or Room?

March 6, 2006 Filed Under: Issue 16, News, Egypt

Mystery surrounds the discovery of KV-63

France, Millau Viaduct

March 5, 2006 Filed Under: Issue 16, France, Travel

David Miles, writes about Sir Norman Foster’s finest structures and how they blend into the historic landscape

Terracina, Italy

March 5, 2006 Filed Under: Issue 16, Italy, Travel

Richard Hodges sends his missive from a constellation of sites lying south of Rome, notably Terracina and Sperlonga

Pompeii the Living City

March 4, 2006 Filed Under: Issue 16, Books, Italy

At Pompeii, an election was in full swing when it was rudely interrupted by Vesuvius. Election slogans are everywhere, over 3,000 of them, which is a bit of a surprise considering that Rome by this time was supposed to be an Empire which had lost its ‘freedom’. This however, is surely one of the secrets [...]

Elgin Marbles, The

March 4, 2006 Filed Under: Issue 16, Books, Greece

Visitors to Athens tend to spend most of their time pursuing the remains of the great Classical city. They will probably note with horror the monstrosities of the modern city and they may possibly, if they are lucky, come across the fascinating remains of medieval and early modern Athens. After the Classical era, Athens had [...]

Wager Wreck

March 3, 2006 Filed Under: Issue 16, Chile, Diary

Quest to find the great Wager wreck

Egypt

March 3, 2006 Filed Under: Issue 16, Diary, Egypt

Nigel Hetherington guides us through the latest developments at the Valley of the Kings