Art and artefacts from ancient Egypt must rank among the most remarkable and influential from the ancient world. Yet we know comparatively…
Structural damage to Alhambra is due to seismic activity…
Forst evidence of controlled fire found…
Researchers use stronium in bones to distinguish between population groups…
Richard Hodges looks at rescue archaeology in Spain, and is sceptical about UNESCO's plans for Alhambra…
Peking Man was one of the first 'men' to break out of Africa. He was discovered in the 1920s, but is only…
The year of the ghost Derek A. Roe, Western Academic & Specialist Press for Beagle Books, £14.95 In 1983, Derek Roe became…
The Moundbuilders George R. Milner, Thames and Hudson, £28.00 If you go to America, and land on the East Coast, then cross…
Ancient Queens, Archaeological Explorations Ed. Sarah Milledge Nelson, AltaMira Press, £24.95 Do you know much about the women who ruled in antiquity?…
Burial Customs in Ancient Egypt: Life in Death for Rich and Poor Wolfram Grajetzki, Gerald Duckworth & Co., £14.99 Wolfram Grajetzki’s comprehensive…
Amelia Peabody’s Egypt: a Compendium Ed. Elizabeth Peters, Constable & Robinson, £19.99 This is a book that is both charming and dangerous.…
In 1921, the Swedish geologist Gunnar Andersson and his palaeontological assistant Otto Zdansky, an Austrian, discovered some intriguing fossil bones in a…
Map of the ancient town…