Sanxingdui has produced a wealth of startling Bronze Age artefacts. Many of these treasures were deliberately smashed or burnt before being buried,…
A geoglyph has been discovered on a hillside in the Nazca desert of Peru during the emergency project ‘Cleaning, Conservation and Restoration…
Discovering a previously unsuspected Roman cemetery would normally rank as the archaeological highlight of a building project. Recent work on Corsica, though,…
Sicily was famed in antiquity for its agricultural prosperity. An eloquent witness of its late Roman wealth is provided by the great…
A new tool, launched this year on the anniversary of the discovery of the Rosetta Stone, offers a novel high-tech way to…
This low-relief limestone carving, dating to c.2400 BC, formed part of a larger votive wall plaque in a Sumerian temple in southern…
On the south coast of the Polynesian island of Rapa Nui (Easter Island), a dozen or more fallen statues (moai) lie slumped…
Tantra’s appeal has proven remarkably broad. What began on the margins of Indian society went on to command the patronage of royalty…
When hotel construction work unearthed extraordinary mosaics, the owners decided to create a new archaeological park. It showcases what is believed to…
High on a hilltop near the village of Ploçe, Albania, lie the ruins of the ancient polis of Amantia. The city was…
Discover how a chance detail on a 19th-century map set in train a longstanding archaeological expedition at this elite necropolis, which is…
As they walked across Engare Sero in northern Tanzania, a group of people left their mark in the soft surface of volcanic…
Clusters of massive stone jars in Laos have inspired considerable curiosity. Little is known about the people who fashioned them, while even…