A tour of the archaeology of the UAE, with a focus on the sites of Marawah, Buhais, Hili and Muweilah…
A s the recent elections have shown, there are few items more controversial than the war in Iraq. Do we see it…
The Jomon must be one of the most perverse cultures in the world: it does not fit into any of the usual…
And now for the reviewers ultimate challenge: how to review a book written in two languages, neither of which the reviewer understands.…
This book is beautiful. Indeed, author Benoy Behl describes his work as a ‘labour of love’. With over 200 illustrations, 189 of…
Many believe that Rome was glorious, and that Rome brought civilisation – law, architecture, literature, a better lifestyle – into the Barbarian…
After 30 long years in negotiation with the authorities, the photographer Reza was finally granted permission to visit and photograph inside a…
‘This book is a quest for evidence of shamanism’ write co-authors Professors Miranda and Stephen Aldhouse-Green. And yet, before their quest even…
In 1204, the Venetians, leading the Fourth Crusade, decided to postpone their attack on the infidel, and turned aside to sack the…
Graeme Barker, the Disney Professor of Archaeology at Cambridge, has just won a $500,000 prize awarded by the Dan David foundation. The…
Beatrice has recently celebrated her 90th birthday, and here she recalls her far flung life in the field in Pakistan, Iran and…
Deep in the heart of Transylvania, at the long dead colonia of Apulum, the archaeologists have been uncovering a shrine to the…