In 1819, the English physician and polymath Thomas Young – best known to archaeologists for his work in deciphering the Egyptian hieroglyphs…
Machu Picchu symbolises the extent, technical skill, and productivity of the Inca Empire in its heyday.…
In 1978, a year before the Soviets foolishly decided to invade Afghanistan, a team of Russian and Afghan archaeologists were excavating a…
For the Hittites of the Late Bronze Age it was a difficult, wild country where the restless Kashka people lived. For the…
Khentkawes is hardly a household name. The historical record passes over this elusive figure without comment, while the scraps that testify to…
The sheer scale of Rome's German frontier is overwhelming. Running for almost 550km, and boasting at least 60 forts, 80 fortlets and…
Sicily was best known during the Roman Republic as the breadbasket of Rome. Although she never reached such dizzy heights again (Africa…
In 1997 four cavers set out to explore the deepest galleries of the Grotta della Monaca. It was not an easy task.…
The butchered bones of cow and goat-like animals from a riverbed in Dikika, in the Afar region of northern Ethiopia, show early…
The esoterica of kelp forests Kelp forests are near ubiquitous along the West Coast of North America, as anyone who has sailed…
NEANDERTHAL COMPASSION Researchers at the UK’s University of York have concluded that Neanderthals had a deep-seated sense of compassion. The research, by…
Iron-Age people had a conscious relationship with objects from earlier times that connected them to their past, says Olle Hemdorff at the…