Excavations at the Late Kushite city of Dangeil in Sudan reveal a temple of Amun, and a massive bread-making facility…
We look down upon 8m of stratigraphy at the caravanserai of Gor Khuttree in North Pakistan…
A radar survey project in the Valley of the Kings may have revealed a new tomb…
The undulating Great Wall of China is one of the world’s foremost historical sites. The mighty wall runs across the north of…
Florentine scientists have developed a new tool to help preserve precious fresco paintings…
New research indicates that self-adornment seems to be an archaic human trait…
Richard Hodges writes from the island of Áno Koufoníssi where he spent time with Lord Renfrew…
Peter Watson and Cecili Todeschini Public Affairs Books £15.99 This is very much a Cowboys and Indians sort of book chronicling the…
Edited by Eleanor Robson, Luke Treadwell and Chris Gosden Oxbow books £24 This consists of nine essays that had their origin in…
By Jonathan Tokeley, Imprint Academic, Exeter, £25 Is the tide turning in the ‘cultural heritage crusade’? For a generation or more, it…
Determining age at death is one of the first assessments made of a human skeleton. In juveniles, this is straightforward: the body…
Only a couple of months ago CWA published Dominic Perring’s optimistic feature on Beirut’s archaeology. It was about the 12 year programme of…