There can be a certain familiarity to Roman towns. During the heyday of the Empire, such settlements were essential for administering conquered…
The mighty statue of Ramases II is set to be moved from down-town Cairo to a new museum planned for the Giza…
At Ban Non Wat, Charles Higham is discovering an unknown Bronze Age civilisation, with some remarkable 'superburials'…
Palaeoanthropologists have uncovered hominid evidence in Georgia that pushes back the date our forebears left Africa…
Debate surrounding Homo Floresiensis…
Australian archaeologists excavate one of South-East Asia's oldest canoes…
30,000 year old flutes discovered in Swabian Jura…
Worlds last breed of truly wild horse reintroduced to Mongolian Slopes…
The preservation of Argentine fossilised footprints…
Israeli authorities charge four antique dealers with creating fraudulent Biblical artefacts…
Wine dating from 7,000 BC discovered in China…
Richard Hodges travels to the 'armpit of Tuscany' to give us his inimitable perspective on its archaeology…
How do we present the Classical world to the world of today? In Panorama of the Classical World, (Thames and Hudson, £29.95),…