How did Egypt build the pyramids? It is a question that has excited the imagination of scholars and visitors for millennia. Now…
Among the oldest known examples of symbolic behaviour amongst humans and our close hominid relations is the use of ochre in burial…
Until now the study of ancient DNA has been based on the challenging science of extracting genetic material from fossilised bone, but…
When Nigeria appears on the news, it is too often for internet scams or identity fraud perpetrated on unsuspecting victims thousands…
The Valley of the Nobles, just east of the Valley of the Kings, contains
some of the most spectacular ancient Egyptian tombs.…
From Minoan Linear B to Maya glyphs, Andrew Robinson explains how to decode the past…
Pushing back the earliest date of personal adornment…
The animal necrpolois…