The story of the red-brick Gorgan Wall. Snaking at least 195km from the Caspian Sea to the Highlands, it is one of the worlds greatest frontier walls
Category: Issue 27
The ‘Red Snake’, or Gorgan Wall, of northern Iran is one of the world’s greatest frontiers. This mighty wall is longer than the combined length of Hadrian’s Wall and the Antonine Wall. But who built it? And when? Alexander the Great? The Romans? The Sasanians? An international team of archaeologists has been at work and here they finally unravel the secrets
Jerablus and the Land of Carchemish
The site of Jerablus Tahtani, which rises up in the Uruk period, becomes strongly fortified in the Early Bronze Age, but is abandoned around 2,300 BC
Nemrut Dag
The 1st century BC site of the local dynast, Antiochus I, who ruled a small but wealthy kingdom in south-east Turkey called Commagene
Alaska’s Rock Art
The intriguing rock art from the Alaskan rock shelters of Tuxedni and Clam Cove
Great Arab Revolt Project
The Great Arab Revolt Project, the CWA-backed excavation, is in its second season. Here the team tells of the latest results
University of Pennsylvannia Museum
Richard Hodges remembers his first encounter with the University of Pennsylvania Museum
What Native Americans Origins?
Analysis on DNA evidence of Native American populations
St Petersburg: World Heritage Site at Risk
St Petersburg’s historic skyline is under threat from development. Energy giant Gazprom wants to build a giant 396m tower to house its new headquaters
Earliest Remote Pacific Colonists Identified
Will isotope analysis reveal the origins of skeletons found in the earliest known cemetery in the Pacific
Hair Colour of Neanderthals Revealed
DNA evidence suggests that Neanderthals may have had red hair
The Architecture of Yemen
When it comes to durability and aesthetic appeal, the master builders of ancient Yemen knew a thing or two about sun-dried mud. And their accomplishments hold lessons for modern developers in Arabia, according to Iraqi architect Salma Samar Dalmuji. Lavishly illustrated with striking images of mud-brick city towers, mosques and desert palaces, The Architecture of […]
Ohthere’s Voyages
Ohthere was a Norwegian seafarer, who visited the court of Saxon King Alfred during the 850s AD. He was an honoured guest, who regaled the court with stories of his voyages along the coast of Norway, as far south as Hedeby at the base of the modern-day Danish peninsula, and deep into the Baltic as […]
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