Telling the time is basic to archaeology. It has never been straightforward. At first, there were just historical dates – dates recorded…
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The ruins of Great Zimbabwe extend over 720 hectares of rocky hill and valley in south-central Zimbabwe. Yet it's origins were often…
There is a range of other must-see sites on the Northern coastal ‘Moche Route’ that date from before and after the Moche…
Current World Archaeology‘s dig – the Great Arab Revolt Project – is now in its third season. A team of specialists and…
Who is Alexander Selkirk? Aside from being our publisher‘s brother, he was also the inspiration for the world’s most famous castaway. Writer…
Odyssey Marine Exploration believes it has found the long lost shipwreck of HMS Victory, sunk in a ferocious storm in 1744…
The 16th president of the USA is much written about; now, excavations in Salem, Illinois, are revealing new secrets about his early…
David Kennedy powers up in a microlight plane to take us for a scenic trip over one particularly stunning Classical site sitting…
Two hearths, three postholes, and a fragment from a nautical instrument: could this be the shelter of Alexander Selkirk, the original Robinson…
Is man's diet responsible for the development of advanced cognition?…