The modern country of Libya – the Socialist People’s Libyan Arab Jamahiriya – encompasses one of the richest parts of the Roman…
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…
The sheer scale of Rome's German frontier is overwhelming. Running for almost 550km, and boasting at least 60 forts, 80 fortlets and…
For the Hittites of the Late Bronze Age it was a difficult, wild country where the restless Kashka people lived. For the…
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.…
Khentkawes is hardly a household name. The historical record passes over this elusive figure without comment, while the scraps that testify to…
Astonishingly, given the devastating events that took place at New York’s World Trade Center on 11 September 2001, archaeologists working at the…
Nearly 200 of the world’s major archaeological and cultural sites are defined as being ‘At Risk’ or ‘Under Threat’ according to a…
The butchered bones of cow and goat-like animals from a riverbed in Dikika, in the Afar region of northern Ethiopia, show early…
NEANDERTHAL COMPASSION Researchers at the UK’s University of York have concluded that Neanderthals had a deep-seated sense of compassion. The research, by…