At Deir 'ain 'Abata in Jordan, the monastery of St Lot has been rediscovered and excavated…
Researchers use stronium in bones to distinguish between population groups…
Forst evidence of controlled fire found…
Structural damage to Alhambra is due to seismic activity…
The annual seminar for Arabian Archaeology Studies…
Oldest known beads found in Africa show modern human behaviour…
Two halves of a sculpture have been re-united after spending most of their lives apart…
Nebra Sun Disc discovered…
Richard Hodges looks at rescue archaeology in Spain, and is sceptical about UNESCO's plans for Alhambra…
Peking Man was one of the first 'men' to break out of Africa. He was discovered in the 1920s, but is only…
In 1921, the Swedish geologist Gunnar Andersson and his palaeontological assistant Otto Zdansky, an Austrian, discovered some intriguing fossil bones in a…
Amelia Peabody’s Egypt: a Compendium Ed. Elizabeth Peters, Constable & Robinson, £19.99 This is a book that is both charming and dangerous.…