In the 13th century, the Mongols carved out the largest contiguous land empire that the world has ever seen. At its height,…
How did the city of Sweyhat thrive in the Mesopotamian outback?…
David Gilman Romano reports on Zeus' cultic site, with its mountain-top ash alter, famed throughout Ancient Greek…
Until recently, the Middle Mekong Basin has been terra incognita, archaeologically speaking. Now, a team is revealing its past.…
Richard Hodges The Director of the University of Pennsylvania Museum
of Archaeology and Anthropology, considers the Museum's future…
Penn's Prof. Brian Rose takes us to Troy, the site he has excavated for the past 20 years…
Introducing Penn Museum, then and now…
Excavations beneath Copán have unearthed unexpected information about this powerful Maya site.…
The Buddhas of Bamiyan have revealed oil paints being used to decorate associated caves in the mid 7th century AD…
Though huge distances separate the islands of Fiji from the nearest continents, the Lapita people made the 3,000km journey around 1100BC…
Archaeologists make a surprise find on the bed of the River Rhône…
Finds from Mycenae are altering our view of the role of women in ancient Greek society…
Modern techniques are being used to recreate a 2,000 year old scientific instrument discovered in the wreck of a Roman ship…