There can be a certain familiarity to Roman towns. During the heyday of the Empire, such settlements were essential for administering conquered…
Researchers use stronium in bones to distinguish between population groups…
Nebra Sun Disc discovered…
Two halves of a sculpture have been re-united after spending most of their lives apart…
Oldest known beads found in Africa show modern human behaviour…
Peking Man was one of the first 'men' to break out of Africa. He was discovered in the 1920s, but is only…
Richard Hodges looks at rescue archaeology in Spain, and is sceptical about UNESCO's plans for Alhambra…
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…