A hoard discovered in the Netherlands presents an extraordinary first for continental Europe. The contents of this cache combine coins minted by…
John Herbert reports on the glorious exhibition 'Afghanistan, les trésors retrouvés' currently on show at the Guimet Museum, Paris…
David Miles considers how Berlin is dealing with its recent heritage including a look at Libeskind's Jewish Museum and Eiserman's Holocaust Memorial…
Archaeologists discover evidence of ritual activity dating back 70,000 years in Kalahari cave…
The controversial find of 'Hobbit like' skeleton, has concluded with new hominid species being declared…
Researchers at UCL have revealed the chemical make up of Hessian crucibles using X--ray diffraction…
Bisitun, site of a rock-cut relief that enabled the decipherment of cuneiform Babylonian has been made into a World Heritage monument…
Richard Hodges visits the distinguished Danish archaeologist Klavs Randsborg and together they explore Denmark's past…
New Light on the Black Death: the cosmic connection Mike Baillie, Tempus £17.99 Everyone knows the Black Death of 1348 was…
Final Report: An Archaeologist Excavated His Past Michael Coe, Thames and Hudson, £18.95 Michael Coe is one of the great figures of…
David Thorpe reports on the first stages of fieldwork to uncover evidence of Lawrence of Arabia…
The British Academy axes Egypt and Iraq…
The Egypt Exploration Society (EES) has recently heard that, in two years’ time, it will lose its funding from the British Academy.…