It was a treacherous stretch of coast. The ancient Greek historian Xenophon, writing in the 4th century BC, describes the perils of…
A look at recent archaeology in Jordan with a special focus on the reconstruction of the Neolithic village of Beidha…
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…
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.…
The Niah Cave, in Sarawak (which is pronounced with the emphasis on the second syllable: sa-RA-wak), is one of the crucial sites…
When were the Virgin Islands, in the Caribbean, first settled? Peter Drewett has been excavating an important prehistoric settlement at Belmont, first…
The ancient city of Troy is re-assessed…
Barry Kemp has recently produced an amazing model of Amarna, the best preserved town in Egypt…