Romans versus Persians – a gruesome story of gas warfare at the ancient siege site of Dura-Europos
Digging Forgotten Lives on Carriacou
Digging pre-European lives on the balmy ‘desert island’ of Carriacou
Crete, the Island that Tipped
Crete lies in an earthquake zone. This has affected the island over the centuries, but how? In the 1850′s Captain Spratt, RN, worked it out
Staffordshire Hoard
An Anglo-Saxon hoard containg over 1,346 gold and silver items has been discovered by a metal detectorist in Staffordshire, England
Digging Deeper
In Brian Fagan’s latest instalment he fights to the death with the Maya, goes underground with the Fed, and excavates Cecil B DeMile (almost)
Equestrian Statue of Augustus Proves Rome’s Germanic Ambitions
2,000 year old equestrian staute discovered at Waldgrimes, central Germany
Tell Tayinat, Turkey: ‘Dark Age’ Temple
CWA catches up with excavations at the temple site of Tell Tayinat which is throwing light on the ‘Dark Age’ in the Near East
Terracotta Army
archaeologists conducting excavations at the site in Xian are hoping to ascertain the success of conservation measures
Korea, Grave of Ancient Warrior Found
November 6, 2009
Filed Under: Issue 38, News, South Korea
Grave of 5th century AD warrior discovered with surviving armour
Iran’s Tehran Plain, Landlord Villages
Project aims to study development of mud-brick enclosures dating to the Early Islamic Period
The Art of Kate Whiteford
To say Kate Whiteford, the Scottish artist, is fascinated by archaeology is an understatement. Land drawings/ installations/excavations, her newly published, and sumptuously illustrated book, which describes much of her career as an artist, is essentially a peon to the belief in place-making. Central to this, in Kate’s view, is the process of archaeological enquiry, including [...]
Baia, the Underworld
Just west of the entrance to the underworld, lies the site of Baia. Mike Cless takes us there, tells of a divine discovery, then ventures underground
Paradigm Lost: The Côa Valley and the Open-Air Palaeolithic Art in Portugal
Produced to mark the 10th anniversary of the open-air Palaeolithic art of Portugal’s Côa Valley becoming a World Heritage site, this beautiful book comprises numerous fantastic colour photos (mostly taken at night) and equally remarkable colour tracings of hundreds of figures, not only from the Côa Valley but also from the ever-growing list of similar [...]
The Assault on Liberty
Admittedly, this is not a book on archaeology. Yet, it is well worth reading and thought-provoking, not least for those interested in history and archaeology. When future scholars look back at the history of our time, what will it be known for? May some of its index fossils be scanning and surveillance devices and, should [...]
Sites of Antiquity from Egypt to the Fall of Rome, 50 Sites that Explain the Classical World
From the pyramids of Egypt, to St Catherine’s Monastery in Sinai, via the Parthenon, Petra, and Pompeii, Charles Freeman’s latest book covers 50 iconic sites that trace the development of Classical civilization over the vast area that became the Roman Empire. This jaunt across the ancient world is a new venture from the makers of [...]
Prehistory: The Making of the Human Mind
Chronologically speaking, prehistory covers more than 95% of the time that humans have inhabited planet earth, although it is only in the last century or so that archaeology has established secure frameworks to understand the great spans of time involved. As a discipline, prehistory has tended to focus on the changing physical and biological aspects [...]
Lords of the Sea: The Epic Story of the Athenian Navy and the Birth of Democracy
John Hale is an archaeologist at the University of Kentucky in Louisville with an impressive dossier of field experience at sites both above and below water. He is also a former oarsman, which makes him even better qualified to pen this beautifully written, fluent account of the rise and fall of the Athenian navy. This [...]
The Old Ships of the New Gate Yenikapi’nan Eski Gemilerl
I got so excited when I first heard about the finds made at Yenikapı, the ancient harbour to the south of Istanbul’s historic peninsula (now part of mainland Istanbul). In 2004, the Turkish authorities began an important transport project in the area, and once they started digging they immediately found objects of interest. Archaeologists were [...]
Les Celtes: De L’âge du Fer
I have a great job: as Reviews Editor at the journal Antiquity, books on subjects ranging from early hominins to today’s car cemeteries pass through my hands. So what do I look for in a book? To my mind three ingredients make a good archaeological book: its subject has to be rooted in the core [...]
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