A hoard discovered in the Netherlands presents an extraordinary first for continental Europe. The contents of this cache combine coins minted by…
Andrew Selkirk recalls the city before the devestation of Hurricane Katrina, and reveals some unusual burial practices…
The forgotten Achaumenid Empire is remembered in a new exhibition at the British Museum…
Mexican footprints may hold the key to discovering the origins of human populations in the Americas…
Remains of a young woman found in a bog in 2000 have been identified as dating from the Iron Age…
Two boys discover artefacts dating between AD 900-1100 Tromsø, Norway…
A set of ancient silverware is discovered at Pompeii…
Stone phallus discovered during excavations at Hohle Fels Cave, Swabian Jura, Germany…
A collection of lost or unknown Egyptian artefacts found in the Beijing museum…
Evidence for the earliest footwear known to man…
John Crookshank on Roman Spain, with a focus on Mérida…
Over the years there have been several magic moments during my digging career. Trowelling down to reveal my first mosaic in a…
In 1703, Robert Drury, aged 16, was shipwrecked on the south coast of Madagascar. For the next 13 years he was a…