Ramses II knew how to make his mark. A fondness for ambitious architectural projects drove him to build new temples and embellish…
Cave Art Bruno David Thames & Hudson, £12.95 ISBN 978-0500204351 Reviewed by: George Nash In recent decades, research into Upper Palaeolithic rock…
Stretching down from France between the sea and the mountains, the Italian region of Liguria is home to a wide variety of…
Why was a victory monument erected 20km from Rome? David J Breeze explores the extraordinary circumstances that led to an unsung triumphal…
What is it? This ancient Chinese bronze bell is one of a set of four. It is decorated with birds forming a…
An Archaeological Guide to Nicopolis: rambling through the historical, sacred, and civic landscape Konstantinos L Zachos Ministry of Culture & Sports ISBN…
We travel down the spectacular long and winding Siq that leads to Petra. There, the Nabataeans founded one of the most beautiful,…
The Greeks called them Scythians, the Assyrians and Achaemenid Persians called them Saka. We know them only through their lavish funeral remains.…
Searching for Samnites in the ‘Region of Little Cities’ Surprisingly few people have heard of Molise. Yet this is one of…
What is it? This enigmatic fired-clay disc, dating to around 1700-1600 BC, was discovered in the palace of Phaistos on the Greek…
Richard Hodges tours the island’s Greek temples. Sicily in February. Cheating winter with the smell of new grass and the first flowers…