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When imagining the ancient city of Petra, it is the awe-inspiring façade of the monument known today as the Treasury (Al-Khazneh) that…
Far below the Nullarbor Plain in Australia lies an extraordinary gallery of rock art. Exploration and research in Koonalda Cave has revealed…
Nestled in the heart of Sharjah, Faya Palaeolandscape emerges from the vast, rugged desert as a hidden treasure, awaiting the world’s attention.…
It was a treacherous stretch of coast. The ancient Greek historian Xenophon, writing in the 4th century BC, describes the perils of…
Between fields of grain and potatoes in the middle of Germany, about 18km south east of Magdeburg, near the town of Schönebeck,…
A cache of Roman and British coins found in the Netherlands seems to be associated with the emperor Claudius’ invasion of Britain…
We have had a brilliant selection of entries for this year’s photo competition, with images that have taken us on a journey…
7 Wonders
Seven things you might not know about the 7 Wonders of the Ancient World…
If I was given an open ticket and the time, these are the first 7 destinations – though in no particular order…
We often think of archaeology as being all about objects, but written sources are just as fundamental to our understanding of the…
Temple trivia from around the world.…
Object Lesson
What is it? This is a Roman stone sundial, a timekeeping device that had become quite common in the Roman world from…
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The monuments carved into the rose-red rock faces at Petra can be counted among the most renowned archaeological remains on the planet. Yet, for all their familiarity, we know comparatively…
Deep beneath Australia’s Nullarbor Plain lies Koonalda Cave. Lakes can be found within its subterranean passages, a matter of no little import in this vast semi-arid landscape. But it was…
Apollonia Pontica was once a welcome refuge for mariners navigating a notoriously treacherous stretch of the Black Sea coast. Tradition has it that this ancient city was founded by Greek…
In the 1990s, an aerial photograph captured a circular feature in the fields near the village of Pömmelte, Germany, sparking the beginning of an extraordinary archaeological endeavour. The feature proved…
A hoard discovered in the Netherlands presents an extraordinary first for continental Europe. The contents of this cache combine coins minted by Rome and a powerful ruler in Britain: Cunobelin.…
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