The gamut of rock art from Australia, Indonesia, Malaysia, Myanmar (Burma) and China is explored
Palau, Micronesia
May 7, 2008
Filed Under: Issue 29, Features, Micronesia
Scott M Fitzpatrick takes us to one of the oldest-known cemeteries from the Pacific, at Palau, Micronesia
New Discoveries from Okinawa and the Ryukyu Archipelago
Latest finds from the Ryukyu islands, including a series of royal burials
Pintia: Roman City
Once a thriving Iron Age settlement, the city and its necropolis is now offering a wealth of evidence about the elusive Vaccaei people
Hadrian
Here Neil Faulkner presents a portrait of Hadrian from his new book Rome: empire of the eagles
Fossil Faeces provide America’s oldest human DNA
The dates of people living in Oregon’s Paisley caves have been worked out from analysing DNA found in fossilised faeces
Mesoamerican paint
The formula used to create ‘Mayan blue’ used in ritual practice has finally been revealed
Academics Deployed as Peace-Makers in Iraq
The expertise of anthropologists is being used to help the US military better understand the populations in the areas in which they operate
Aztec Fractions
A study from science magazine has revealed that previously unknown Aztec symbols infact units of land holdings in pre-columbian Mexico
Lasers Paint Roman Column
Using lasers to recreate the original vivid colours, visitors will be able to see Trajans Column as it was when erected in AD 113
Iraq Looting
Five years on from the US occupation of Iraq, archaeologists have been attempting to quantify the scale of the damage to heritage sites
Whaling in Arctic Prehistory
Finds of carved ivory have suggested the methods of boat building and artic hunting of prehistoric Eskimo people from the far east of Russia
The Kingdom of the Crystal Skull
Crystal skulls previously thought to have been made by the Aztecs are revealed to be only 150 years old
New French Museum
France’s sorcerers cave gets its own dedicated museum at Angles-sur-l’Anglin, Vienne
Treasures of Southeast Turkey
Nadia Durrani visits the site of Göbekli Tepe, an 11,000 year old site that is so incredible it is changing our view of human history
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