Civilization cannot exist without spoken language, but it can without written communication. The Greek poetry of Homer was at first transmitted orally,…
What happens when a ‘superior’ civilization impacts upon an ‘inferior’ one? A test bed for such questions is Iron Age Iberia –…
What happens when a ‘superior’ civilization impacts upon an ‘inferior’ one? A test bed for such questions is Iron Age Iberia…
When Nigeria appears on the news, it is too often for internet scams or identity fraud perpetrated on unsuspecting victims thousands…
In Spring 1973, Robin Birley made the greatest discovery of his life: a small, thin fragment of wood which unfolded to reveal…
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The Valley of the Nobles, just east of the Valley of the Kings, contains
some of the most spectacular ancient Egyptian tombs.…
From the 14th century AD the city of Timbuktu, in West Africa, became legendary for the wealth it offered merchants crossing the…
The Greek Dark Ages are no longer dark: the excavations at Lefkandi on the island of Euboea, led by Irene Lemos, have…
In Brian Fagan's latest instalment of all things archaeological that are both exotic and entertaining he worships Maya macaws, reveals the oldest…
To the south west of Rome, at the mouth of the Tiber, archaeologists from Southampton University and the British School at Rome…
The first ever excavation of a cementation steel furnace in America – in Trenton, New Jersey – is throwing new light America’s…