What was it like for a barbarian to become Roman? In the book that I am writing in my retirement, or semi-retirement,…
At a barbecue last year, a former student of mine, who had joined me on my excavations for 20 years, suggested the…
Imagine being played a DVD of Charles Darwin, Thomas Huxley, and Alfred Russell Wallace discussing their views on evolution, or Boucher de…
As the Arab Spring flooded through Egypt’s Tahrir Square, the old political order was swept away – and with it went Egyptology’s…
The lure of chocolate Hi-tech archaeology triumphs again! Now it shows we are not the first societies to be ardent chocoholics. As…
Whether it’s making a meal of man’s best friend, sailing the Gulf of Mexico on the Mayan turtle, or assaulting the senses…
Robots roam at Teotihuacan, Mexico Robots for exploring deep under pyramids are a new fashion in archaeology. One revealed a hidden door…
The esoterica of kelp forests Kelp forests are near ubiquitous along the West Coast of North America, as anyone who has sailed…
A Maya lord The ancient Maya continue to surprise us, this time with the discovery of a well-preserved tomb under the El…
Freezing on Kodiak My travels sometimes take me to relatively exotic places, like a recent brief stay on Kodiak Island, Alaska, which…
In Brian Fagan's latest instalment of all things archaeological that are both exotic and illuminating he explores turkey (DNA), considers Maya water,…
In Brian Fagan's latest instalment of all things archaeological that are both exotic and entertaining, he reads a Jamestown tablet, gets spiritual…
In Brian Fagan's latest instalment of all things archaeological that are both exotic and entertaining he worships Maya macaws, reveals the oldest…