Michael Chaplan follows in the footsteps of early 20th century archaeologist and surveyor, Thomas Huckerby, in search of Caribbean petroglyphs
Magerius Mosaic: Smirat, Tunisia
A mosaic from the village of Smirat, Tunisia contains two long inscriptions which reveal how entertainment was put on in a Roman amphitheatre
Hidden Jordan
The Council for British Research in the Levant is sponsoring a Ritual Landscapes Project in search of copper age burials
Real Wall of China
September 7, 2007
Filed Under: Issue 25, Celebrating World Heritage, China, Features
Visitors to the Great Wall of China normally only see one small stretch of the wall – the Badaling section – a showpiece near Beijing. But what is the Great Wall really like? Recently, Paul Woodfield had the opportunity to spend nine days walking the wall. The opportunity was afforded by the Parkinson’s Disease Society who arranged a walk along the wall to raise funds for their Society. So what did he find, and how does the ‘real wall’ compare with the small, carefully conserved section offered to the usual tourist visitor?
Antigua
The Archaeology of Antigua in the Caribbean, once at the epicentre of slavery, empire and wealth
Metropolitan Museum
A missive from the new Greek and Roman Antiquities Gallery of New York’s Metropolitan Museum
The Archimedes Codex
The Archimedes Codex: Revealing the Secrets of the World’s Greatest Palimpsest Reviel Netz and William Noel Weidenfeld and Nicholson, £18.99 Archimedes of Syracuse has long been regarded as the greatest mathematician and scientist of the ancient world by historians of science. For the rest of us, his cry of ‘Eureka!’ while taking his bath is [...]
The World of Ancient Art
The World of Ancient Art John Boardman Thames & Hudson £40.00 Is it possible these days to write a book on ‘ancient art’? Well, if there is one person that could do it, it is our foremost classical scholar Sir John Boardman, the guru of Greek vases who at a single glance can date any [...]
The Archaeology of Fire
The Archaeology of Fire: understanding fire as material culture Edited by Dragos Gheorghiu and George Nash Budapest: Archaeolingua, 34 (pb) To modern humans, fire can be a threat (‘call the fire brigade’), a bit of fun (‘let’s build a bonfire’), part of an autumnal cleansing process (‘burning the weeds and leaves’) or a let’s pretend [...]
Three Faces of Monotheism
September 3, 2007
Filed Under: Issue 25, Diary, Middle East
The latest exhibition at The Bible Lands Museum in Jerusalem, entitled Three Faces of Monotheism, is dedicated to the symbols of Judaism, Christianity and Islam. On display are architectural elements, jewellery, ritual objects and other items ranging from the 3rd to the 13th centuries AD. The exhibition reveals how each religion represented itself to the [...]
Andante Travels Archaeological Award
Would you like £2,000 to spend on an archaeological project? Apply to the Andante Travels Archaeological Award and you could be in the running. Andante Travels, one of the UK’s leading archaeological travel companies, is currently inviting applications from deserving archaeological projects at home and abroad. The only criteria are that entries should help to [...]
Motilla del Azuer: A Spanish Broch?
The brochs of Northern and western Scotland form some of the most remarkable and distinctive defensive structures in Europe. Now a similar, though much earlier form of structure has been discovered in Spain at the settlement of Motilla del Azuer (Daimiel, Ciudad Real), located in the central area of the Iberian Peninsula. Artificial mounds known [...]
Parkinson’s Charity treck Peru 2008
The Parkinson’s Disease Society is looking for participants for their next sponsored trek
Private Pleasures at the Fitzwilliam Museum
CWA takes a look at the illuminated manuscripts at Cambridge’s FitzWilliam Museum
Herculaneum
Domenico Camardo, lead archaeological consultant of the Herculaneum Conservation Project tells CWA about his work at the world famous site
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