We, as modern humans, tend to look at ancient art with a 21st-century mindset. It is all too easy to stare (in…
The Human Past is the latest blockbuster from Thames and Hudson. After the huge success of the Renfrew/Bahn Archaeology: Theories, Methods and…
One cannot leave the story of KV5 without looking at some of the literature it has produced. First and foremost is Kent…
Chaco Canyon is situated in what must be one of the most unpropitious landscapes in the world. Lying in the American South…
The Jomon must be one of the most perverse cultures in the world: it does not fit into any of the usual…
After 30 long years in negotiation with the authorities, the photographer Reza was finally granted permission to visit and photograph inside a…
In 1204, the Venetians, leading the Fourth Crusade, decided to postpone their attack on the infidel, and turned aside to sack the…
‘This book is a quest for evidence of shamanism’ write co-authors Professors Miranda and Stephen Aldhouse-Green. And yet, before their quest even…
This book is beautiful. Indeed, author Benoy Behl describes his work as a ‘labour of love’. With over 200 illustrations, 189 of…
Many believe that Rome was glorious, and that Rome brought civilisation – law, architecture, literature, a better lifestyle – into the Barbarian…
And now for the reviewers ultimate challenge: how to review a book written in two languages, neither of which the reviewer understands.…
A s the recent elections have shown, there are few items more controversial than the war in Iraq. Do we see it…
Collapse: how societies choose to fail or survive, by Jared Diamond (Penguin hardback, £20) is the sort of book that archaeologists should…