Ramses II knew how to make his mark. A fondness for ambitious architectural projects drove him to build new temples and embellish…
What was life like on the northern frontier of the assyrian empire?The colonial site of Ziyaret Tepe reveals how boom went bust…
The compelling rock art of north-eastern Brazil explored. But how might it redraft the story of early human migration…
From Minoan Linear B to Maya glyphs, Andrew Robinson explains how to decode the past…
Lawrence Barfield (1935-2009) As remembered by the Editor This article is an extract from the full article published in World Archaeology Issue…
News extra from Brian Fagan…
Pushing back the earliest date of personal adornment…
Inscribed slate tablet discovered in Jamestown…
Archaeologists attempt to recreate ancient perfume…
Arelatively simple and inexpensive technique for dating ceramics has been developed by scientists at the UK’s Manchester University that could revolutionise the…
‘Why don’t we study the chimpanzee stone age?’ asks an international group of researchers in a paper recently published in the journal…
A walk through the heart of Athens, taking in the latest archaeological gems, but ably avoiding the crowded Acropolis…
Richard Hodges tours the Salento in South Italy; there he finds a clash of civilizations and some intriguing Medieval graffiti…