Ramses II knew how to make his mark. A fondness for ambitious architectural projects drove him to build new temples and embellish…
Archaeologists from the University of Yucatan have found evidence for child sacridice being used to appease the gods…
A 1st millenium AD iron mine has been discovered in the Ingenio Valley, southern Peru…
Students at Harvard University are conducting excavations in their own back yard, in the grounds of Old College…
US heritage council tells amateur archaeologists to stop the uncontrolled digging of cesspits…
CWA's editor Nadia Durrani take us on a tour through one of her favourite countries, Yemen…
Nadia Durrani keeps us up to date on the campaign to save the Roman site of Allianoi…
Richard Hodges writes from Tuscany…
Guide books are essential for the visitor. I wanted to recommend the Blue Guides, which I have always found helpful, writes Andrew…
Though archaeological evidence is lacking, it is generally believed on other grounds that India is where the game of chess was invented…
The final resting place of Alexander the Great is one of the famous unsolved mysteries of the ancient world. After he died…
Egypt's sunken treasures; on tour in Yemen; a final plea to save Allianoi in Turkey…
The 1st century BC site of the local dynast, Antiochus I, who ruled a small but wealthy kingdom in south-east Turkey called…