Rome’s military is renowned as one of the finest fighting forces of the ancient world. But what was life really like for…
Chief Archaeological Adviser to English Heritage, David Miles, considers the archaeology and architecture of Venice and the impact of tourism thereon…
Susan Searight writes of her work in Morocco including her involvement with a project that uses rock-art to explore ongoing climate change…
The wide-ranging archaeology of the Dakhleh Oasis deep in the Western Desert of Egypt…
The early history of the first English settlement in America - as revealed in a new exhibition at London's Museum in Docklands…
At the sites of Orce and Cueva Victoria in Spain, the story of the early hominid colonisation of Europe is being rewritten…
How Claudius, and then Trajan constructed an artificial harbour to supplement Ostia…
What is the state of Ghana's archaeology and heritage? English Heritage's Chief Archaeological Adviser David Miles reports…
A sherd of superb pottery reveals evidence for Denmark's original colonial presence in Ghana…
What is taboo? The current exhibition at the British Museum reveals all by looking at Art and Divinity in Polynesia, 1760-1860…
We look down upon 8m of stratigraphy at the caravanserai of Gor Khuttree in North Pakistan…
Excavations at the Late Kushite city of Dangeil in Sudan reveal a temple of Amun, and a massive bread-making facility…
A medieval site of massive industry: the once-booming and cosmopolitan city of Raqqa, on the banks of the Euphrates, Syria…