Archaeologists investigating the core of the Pyramid of the Sun, at Teotihuacan on the outskirts of Mexico City, have discovered the ceremonial…
A tiny Caribbean island has produced one of the most diverse collections of prehistoric non-native animal remains ever found in the region.…
The Smithsonian Institution in Washington DC has withdrawn from hosting a controversial maritime exhibition. Shipwrecked: Tang Treasures and Monsoon Winds was due…
The Somme region of Picardie is already famous in archaeological circles for the first hand axe to be found in a securely…
Archaeologists in Syria have been forced to pull out of the country because of civil unrest, with protesters opposing the government of…
The wreck of a Mongolian ship that took part in Kublai Khan’s attempts to invade and subjugate Japan in 1281 has been…
Lion man or woman? In August 1939, archaeologist Otto Völzing was excavating deep inside the Stadel cave in the Schwäbische Alb mountains…
Results of the excavations at Knossos surpassed all expectations. Evans revealed a vast palace complex of Middle Bronze Age date , 1300…
At a barbecue last year, a former student of mine, who had joined me on my excavations for 20 years, suggested the…
Tuscany conjures thoughts of the apogee of rich living. Its picturesque villages, graced by grand villas and their pools, serve as summer…
It is a traveller’s story repeated throughout the decades. The first-time visitor to Paris arrives in the city armed with a checklist…
He founded the Oriental Institute in Chicago, was the first American to achieve a doctorate in Egyptology, and his book is an…