One freezing January, in the depth of the Cold War, I visited the State Hermitage Museum in Leningrad (now re-newed as St Petersburg). I broke away…
The only work of Mayan literature known outside specialist circles is the Popol Vuh, the 16th century Quiché Mayan book of creation, which has roots…
Akrotiri is an archaeological monument to the rich commerce, connections, and culture of the Middle Bronze Age Mediterranean…
Mould, decay, mismanagement: having survived for millennia, the exquisite art at Lascaux is critically degrading. International rock-art expert Paul G Bahn reports.…
Richard Hodges reflects upon a rich year at the glorious site of Butrint in Southern Albania, and on his search for one…
What do we know of Maya ritual practices? New revelations of a well-preserved sweatbath at Pook's Hill in western Belize are hot.…
Before oil and gas became the major economic driving factors in the Arabian Gulf, another natural resource was the primary export: pearls.…
Fragments of parchment bearing part of an ancient Roman law code have been discovered by researchers at the Department of History at…
Professor João Zilhão and colleagues at the University of Bristol, UK, have found pigment-stained and perforated marine shells at two Neanderthal-associated sites…
Professor Zilhão of the University of Bristol and his colleagues have used red deer teeth and bones from the Portuguese cave site…
Researchers at the Hebrew University’s Institute of Archaeology say they have found evidence that sophisticated behavioural patterns that define what it is…
In Brian Fagan's latest instalment of all things archaeological that are both exotic and entertaining, he reads a Jamestown tablet, gets spiritual…