Art and artefacts from ancient Egypt must rank among the most remarkable and influential from the ancient world. Yet we know comparatively…
A set of ancient silverware is discovered at Pompeii…
Stone phallus discovered during excavations at Hohle Fels Cave, Swabian Jura, Germany…
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…
Professor of Archaeology at the Australian National University, Peter Bellwood, has written a book that is both important and stimulating. He brings…
A global superpower attacks a small ‘rogue state’. The superpower – arrogant, self-righteous, supremely confident – swaggers in. It is bound to…
From the cover stares a glamorous European face with incongruous Egyptian make-up. But let us not judge a book by its cover.…
This is the seventh edition of Coe’s Maya, a readable and enjoyable richly illustrated introduction to the New World civilisation. Here, the…
Campaign to rescue Roman bath site at Allianoi…
G.J. Tassie of the Cultural Heritage Organisation, looks at some of the recent undertakings in Egypt…
The latest discoveries at KV5, the largest ancient Egyptian tomb ever discovered in the Valley of the Kings at Luxor…