The art and artefacts of ancient Egypt are still familiar around the world, but how much do we know about the people…
For the next two decades, tourists visiting Palenque were told that the body was that of an unknown Maya king. Then, in…
Specialist archaeological insights on the city of Timbuktu from Prof. Tim Insoll…
A snapshot of the Australopithecus afarensis, otherwise known as 'Lucy'.…
The discovery of large grain silos alters our understanding of life in Ancient Egypt…
There is no shortage of books on Akhenaten, Tutankhamun and the Amarna period. However, many try to focus on some aspect of…
Old interpretations of Egyptian glass-making are shattered by experiments and new excavations at Amarna…
Philip Taverner reviews the new 02 exhibition and remembers the original exhibition…
How does research in to Ghana's Tallensi people help our interpretation of Stonehenge?…
A mosaic from the village of Smirat, Tunisia contains two long inscriptions which reveal how entertainment was put on in a Roman…
DNA analysis suggests mystery mummy's royal identity…
Archaeologists trace 15,000 year old rock art sites at Qurta…
A missive on the archaeology of slavery in senegal, Gambia and Guinea Bissau…