An Anglo-Saxon hoard containg over 1,346 gold and silver items has been discovered by a metal detectorist in Staffordshire, England
Ziyaret Tepe
What was life like on the northern frontier of the assyrian empire?The colonial site of Ziyaret Tepe reveals how boom went bust
Salento
Richard Hodges tours the Salento in South Italy; there he finds a clash of civilizations and some intriguing Medieval graffiti
Sutton Hoo
September 3, 2009
Filed Under: Issue 37, Great Discoveries, UK
The Sutton Hoo ship cemetery was one of the ideological forging-houses of early Medieval kingship in Europe. Here we discover how kings were first made.
Maritime Archaeology
Andrew Selkirk travels to Madrid to discover more on maritime archaeology and trade
Copan
Excavations beneath Copán have unearthed unexpected information about this powerful Maya site.
Rome in AD 200, Essential Guide to
How to survive ancient Rome: a travellers’ low-down according to Philip Matyszak
Afghan Gold, Treasures from the East
March 7, 2007
Filed Under: Issue 22, Afghanistan, Features
John Herbert reports on the glorious exhibition ‘Afghanistan, les trésors retrouvés’ currently on show at the Guimet Museum, Paris
Pompeii Paint Problem
New scientific research is attempting to discern why Pompeii’s paintings are turning black after excavation
Dangeil, Sudan
Excavations at the Late Kushite city of Dangeil in Sudan reveal a temple of Amun, and a massive bread-making facility
Raqqa, the Crucible of Islamic Technology
A medieval site of massive industry: the once-booming and cosmopolitan city of Raqqa, on the banks of the Euphrates, Syria
Great Wall of China: Walk Wonder of the World for Parkinson’s
The undulating Great Wall of China is one of the world’s foremost historical sites. The mighty wall runs across the north of the country and was built over 2,000 years ago by the first Emperor of China who feared invasion by those pesky barbarians. Such was the imperial terror, that the Great Wall ranks as [...]
Siraf: Iran
Mark Horton writes from Iran where he explored the site of Siraf
Life as a Roman Gladiator
What was life like as a gladiator in Rome’s Colloseaum
Norway: Medallion and Silver Bead Found
Two boys discover artefacts dating between AD 900-1100 Tromsø, Norway
Maya, The
This is the seventh edition of Coe’s Maya, a readable and enjoyable richly illustrated introduction to the New World civilisation. Here, the Yale Professor of Anthropology presents an updated text that offers new evidence, gleaned over the past decade, since, as Coe points out ‘hardly a week goes by without the announcement of a new [...]
Chaco Canyon
Chaco Canyon is situated in what must be one of the most unpropitious landscapes in the world. Lying in the American South West, inland from California, in the corner where New Mexico, Colorado, Utah and Arizona all meet, it is near-desert, a harsh and capricious arid landscape, subject to the vagaries of the climate. Yet [...]
Colosseum, the
In a medieval, and indeed modern Rome, one building above all dominates the city: the Colosseum. Erected on a swamp in the centre of the city on the ruins of the gardens of Nero’s ill-fated Golden House, it is simply so big that despite all the demolition and its use throughout the Middle Ages as [...]
Korea: the Gaya Kingdoms
The necropolis of the noble family of the Gaya
Korea: The Silla
The most successful of Korea’s three kingdoms
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