Rome’s military is renowned as one of the finest fighting forces of the ancient world. But what was life really like for…
A project looking at the history of crops in prehistoric China has identified differences in regional diets and changes over time, which…
The remains of two individuals who died during the eruption of Vesuvius have been found at a suburban villa near Pompeii.…
An ongoing study in the Makran Sefidkuh region of Iran is shedding light on the culture and archaeological remains of communities in…
A sub-adult burial dating to the early-mid Holocene, c.8000 BP, has been found in Makpan Cave on Alor Island, south-eastern Indonesia. To…
A geoglyph has been discovered on a hillside in the Nazca desert of Peru during the emergency project ‘Cleaning, Conservation and Restoration…
Discovering a previously unsuspected Roman cemetery would normally rank as the archaeological highlight of a building project. Recent work on Corsica, though,…
Excavations on Corsica sprang a surprise when archaeologists discovered a set of steps descending into the ground. Work at the site, undertaken…
Sicily was famed in antiquity for its agricultural prosperity. An eloquent witness of its late Roman wealth is provided by the great…
The modern town of Mazara del Vallo lies on the south-western coast of Sicily. Created as a Phoenician outpost, it became a…
A Viking ship burial has been discovered at the site of Gjellestad in south-eastern Norway. It was first identified during a ground…
It was a typical summer day: birds, boats, sea, and ice. The difference was, the birds were Arctic geese, the boats were…
The Albanian dictator Enver Hoxha was obsessed with defending his ‘paradise on earth’. He feared invasion by NATO troops using a combination…