Rome’s military is renowned as one of the finest fighting forces of the ancient world. But what was life really like for…
Research in to Pompeii's roads shows traffic jams are not new…
Analysis of the latest coins found at Pompeii…
Map of the ancient town…
Excavations in the Unbelievers City at Merv have revealed a workers' quarter and evidence for steel making in the 9th century AD…
Exclusive report on the effects of the devestating 26.12.2003 earthquake on the historical remains of Bam, Iran…
The archaeology of a Roman technological revolution: the cheiroballistra…
A royal fort in the Hindu Kush, and its seige in 1895: Bill Woodburn and Neil Faulkner report…
When were the Virgin Islands, in the Caribbean, first settled? Peter Drewett has been excavating an important prehistoric settlement at Belmont, first…
One of the seven wonders of the ancient world, the Pyramids have fascinated and baffled visitors for centuries, the difficulty of their…
The Graeco-Roman site of Butrint, is hitherto little known, because it lies in Albania, and has thus been little visited. But since…
In 1576, the Elizabethan adventurer Martin Frobisher setout to discover the North-west passage to China, across the barren wastes of northern Canada.…