There can be a certain familiarity to Roman towns. During the heyday of the Empire, such settlements were essential for administering conquered…
Visitors to the Great Wall of China normally only see one small stretch of the wall - the Badaling section - a…
The Archaeology of Antigua in the Caribbean, once at the epicentre of slavery, empire and wealth…
Michael Chaplan follows in the footsteps of early 20th century archaeologist and surveyor, Thomas Huckerby, in search of Caribbean petroglyphs…
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New research provides more support for our African homeland…
Exquisite prehistoric figurines found…
A missive from the new Greek and Roman Antiquities Gallery of New York's Metropolitan Museum…
The Archimedes Codex: Revealing the Secrets of the World’s Greatest Palimpsest Reviel Netz and William Noel Weidenfeld and Nicholson, £18.99 Archimedes of…
The World of Ancient Art John Boardman Thames & Hudson £40.00 Is it possible these days to write a book on ‘ancient…
The Archaeology of Fire: understanding fire as material culture Edited by Dragos Gheorghiu and George Nash Budapest: Archaeolingua, 34 (pb) To modern…
The latest exhibition at The Bible Lands Museum in Jerusalem, entitled Three Faces of Monotheism, is dedicated to the symbols of Judaism,…