When Arthur Evans started digging at Knossos on Crete in 1900, a major aim was to find inscriptions and prove that the…
The third of a series on great rulers, following on from the Chinese first Emperor and Hadrian. How does Shah 'Abbas measure…
Golden Mycenae is one of the most famous ancient towns in the world, but how did it work? In the first…
The ‘Red Snake’, or Gorgan Wall, of northern Iran is one of the world’s greatest frontiers. But who built it? And…
The stark, abstract Cycladic figurines found in the Aegean Cyclades islands have had enormous influence on modern art. Colin Renfrew has…
CWA 25 covers the globe from the blood and gore of the Roman amphitheatre – where a mosaic by the flamboyant Magerius…
What was Spain like before the Romans? The site of Pintia, in north central Spain, is providing surprising answers. From the 5th…
Penn Museum was founded on a grandiose scale in the 1880s, and we open the issue with a review of its rollercoaster…
In the 8th century BC, the Spartans subjugated their Peloponnesian neighbours, the Messenians. When eventually Sparta was conquered, the Messenians founded a…
In this issue we present one of Rome’s greatest un-success stories: the extravagant yet impractical city of Clunia in northern Spain.Two thousand…
This issue marks our fifth anniversary and in celebration, we have given the magazine a splendid new look.As ever, we offer the…
In 1694, HMS Sussex was lost in the Straits of Gibraltar, buried deep beneath the sea…