Deep in the Jordanian desert lies an extraordinary ruin. It is a Roman fort that can stake a claim to being the…
Numerous ancient stone circles are known in Japan, but how and why were these monuments built? Simon Kaner examines what these enigmatic…
What can an extraordinary group of sculptures commemorating the dead reveal about ancient life in Palmyra? Thousands of ancient inhabitants’ portraits once…
It is winter. The kitchen is humming with activity, as sheep’s wool is prepared for textile production and fires are kept up.…
Indonesia is home to some of the world’s oldest cave art, and several significant discoveries have been made in the area in…
A team of researchers led by Nottingham Trent University’s Imaging and Sensing for Archaeology, Art History and Conservation (ISAAC) lab have discovered…
Survey and excavation in a remote region of Mongolia are revealing a wealth of information about an extraordinary concentration of rock art.…
A project looking at the history of crops in prehistoric China has identified differences in regional diets and changes over time, which…
An ongoing study in the Makran Sefidkuh region of Iran is shedding light on the culture and archaeological remains of communities in…
A sub-adult burial dating to the early-mid Holocene, c.8000 BP, has been found in Makpan Cave on Alor Island, south-eastern Indonesia. To…
This low-relief limestone carving, dating to c.2400 BC, formed part of a larger votive wall plaque in a Sumerian temple in southern…
Three leather balls have been discovered in the prehistoric Yanghai cemetery in north-west China that pre-date by several centuries all existing evidence…