Caesarea Maritima, Israel

Herod the Great built a magnificent new harbour on the coast of Israel to rival Alexandria. Now computer generated imagery brings the harbour to life

Aksum

One of the first civilisations to be converted to Christanity: but what was there before Christanity?

Athens Goes Underground

In preparation for this summer’s Olympic Games, Athens’s metro was greatly extended. From

Paros, Greece

The examination of two large cists reveals evidence of a massacre of the warriors of Pharos

Naxos, Greece

A travelogue visit to two newly restored temples, at Sangri and Irea. Plus a look at the underground museum in Naxos Town

Pompeii, Coins and pseudo-coins

Analysis of the latest coins found at Pompeii

Pompeii, Traffic Jams

Research in to Pompeii’s roads shows traffic jams are not new

Pompeii, House of the Chaste Lovers

Wall frescos reveal the social life of Pompeii

Pompeii, Houses & Lifestyles

A look at the interiors of Pompeian houses

Pompeii, Visitors Plan

Map of the ancient town

Pompeii, AD 79 – Vesuvius Explodes

Investigating the devestating eruption of Mount Versuvius that snubbed out all life in Pompeii

Pompeii Before the Romans

Was Pompeii an Etruscan planned city? Reading University’s excavations of the House of Amarantus

Pompeii, House of the Vestals

The revelations of Bradford University’s excavations of the city at the time of the Caesars, with a focus on architecture, sanitation and money

Pompeii, City of Extremes – or not

Is an alternate version of the Pompeii story a possibility?

Roman Artillery

The archaeology of a Roman technological revolution: the cheiroballistra

Butrint, Albania

The Graeco-Roman site of Butrint, is hitherto little known, because it lies in Albania, and has thus been little visited. But since Albania has been free, Butrint has been a triumph

Ephesus, Turkey

New cover building near Library of Celsus

Chocolate: Earliest Evidence, Belize

Scientific analysis reveals the Mayans ate chocolate as far back as 600BC