Human remains unearthed in Lima, capital of Peru, have yielded the first direct evidence of Inca deaths caused by Spanish conquerors around…
Thanks to preservation under waterlogged conditions, a well in the federal state of Saxony, Germany, has revealed unprecedented information about woodworking skills,…
Human remains found wrapped in costly dyed silk in Germany’s Magdeburg Cathedral in 2008 have been confirmed as those of Eadgyth (pronounced…
Australian academics and members of the Aboriginal community working together to record and protect rock art in the Wellington Range, Arnhem Land,…
Irving Finkel, the British Museum specialist on the Cyrus Cylinder, has announced that horse bones now in the Palace Museum in Beijing…
We have all heard of Hannibal. The general who crossed the Alps with his elephants and nearly brought Rome to its knees…
Chicago is a very European city. With the wind whipping up Lake Michigan, it feels like Geneva on an autumnal day until…
Most people think the Gutenberg Bible, printed in Latin in Germany c.1455, is the world’s earliest printed book. It is certainly the…
This work is the opening salvo from a new flagship project aimed at re-defining the concept and identity of Europe’s prehistoric Celts.…
This is one of the most delectable anti-archaeology books I have read for a long time. The author is the Emeritus Professor…
How did a slab of black granite become the key to deciphering hieroglyphs…
Ancient Egyptians believed death was survivable. Far from resting in peace, their demise catapulted them into a disorientating netherworld roamed by gods…