The biggest dig at Pompeii in a generation is working to expose nearly an entire block of the ancient city. Archaeologists are…
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…
One of South-East Asia’s most celebrated archaeological sites and one of the great marvels of the world, Angkor Wat appeared in the…
Norman Hammond discovers discovers lost city of La Milpa, still mostly hidden by jungle…
New cover building near Library of Celsus…
Oldest pottery back into Palaeolithic…