The story of the red-brick Gorgan Wall. Snaking at least 195km from the Caspian Sea to the Highlands, it is one of the worlds greatest frontier walls
Jerablus and the Land of Carchemish
The site of Jerablus Tahtani, which rises up in the Uruk period, becomes strongly fortified in the Early Bronze Age, but is abandoned around 2,300 BC
Nemrut Dag
The 1st century BC site of the local dynast, Antiochus I, who ruled a small but wealthy kingdom in south-east Turkey called Commagene
Great Arab Revolt Project
The Great Arab Revolt Project, the CWA-backed excavation, is in its second season. Here the team tells of the latest results
University of Pennsylvannia Museum
Richard Hodges remembers his first encounter with the University of Pennsylvania Museum
St Petersburg: World Heritage Site at Risk
St Petersburg’s historic skyline is under threat from development. Energy giant Gazprom wants to build a giant 396m tower to house its new headquaters
Earliest Remote Pacific Colonists Identified
Will isotope analysis reveal the origins of skeletons found in the earliest known cemetery in the Pacific
The Story of the Maria Theresa Thaler
Scattered across the globe are millions of the handsome 28 gram silver coins known as the Maria Theresa Thaler (MTT). First struck in 1741 the Habsburg coin has been minted ever since the death of the Empress in 1780 carrying that date on the reverse. More than 400 million have been stamped out from mints [...]
The Architecture of Yemen
When it comes to durability and aesthetic appeal, the master builders of ancient Yemen knew a thing or two about sun-dried mud. And their accomplishments hold lessons for modern developers in Arabia, according to Iraqi architect Salma Samar Dalmuji. Lavishly illustrated with striking images of mud-brick city towers, mosques and desert palaces, The Architecture of [...]
Ohthere’s Voyages
Ohthere was a Norwegian seafarer, who visited the court of Saxon King Alfred during the 850s AD. He was an honoured guest, who regaled the court with stories of his voyages along the coast of Norway, as far south as Hedeby at the base of the modern-day Danish peninsula, and deep into the Baltic as [...]
Mughal Emperors and the Islamic Dynasties of India, Iran and Central Asia, The
Ever since the 17th century, Mughal emperors have had a stronger hold on the world’s imagination than any other eastern rulers – hence our modern word for a powerful, wealthy and probably dynastic person, ‘mogul’. Anyone who has seen the Taj Mahal or the Red Fort – not to speak of the tomb of Itimad-ud-Daula [...]
Discovery! Unearthing the New Treasures of Archaeology
Where Brian Fagan was once a lone pioneer as a writer of popular archaeology, the discipline now has numerous accomplished communicators. This book benefits from the contributions of 60 such researchers who report on their own recent work in the field and the laboratory. The result is a series of first-hand accounts of finds so [...]
Tutankhamun: Exhibition
January 3, 2008
Filed Under: Issue 27, Egypt, Exhibition
Philip Taverner reviews the new 02 exhibition and remembers the original exhibition
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