The ‘Red Snake’, or Gorgan Wall, of northern Iran is one of the world’s greatest frontiers. But who built it? And when? An international team of archaeologists has been at work and here they finally unravel the secrets — and the date — of the Red Snake. In the Euphrates valley, towns and […]
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
University of Pennsylvannia Museum
Richard Hodges remembers his first encounter with the University of Pennsylvania Museum
Great Wall of Gorgan: Revealing one of the Worlds Greatest Frontier Walls
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
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
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
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
Mughal Emperors and the Islamic Dynasties of India, Iran and Central Asia, The
Ever since the 17th century, Mughal emperors have had a stronger hold on the world’s imagination than any other eastern rulers – hence our modern word for a powerful, wealthy and probably dynastic person, ‘mogul’. Anyone who has seen the Taj Mahal or the Red Fort – not to speak of the tomb of Itimad-ud-Daula […]
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