When La Tène was discovered more than 150 years ago, the site gave its name to the second half of the Iron…
Archaeologists have found the missing head of a 40,000 year old figurine, whose body was excavated in 1931. The two pieces have…
A unique gold figurine in the shape of a woman, thought to be 1,500 years old, has been found close to a…
Wine was introduced to France from Italy, with the first Gaulish vintages produced in c.500 BC, according to newly-published chemical analysis. Archaeological…
The dig Imperial rivalry and a growing awareness that little was known of a major Anatolian civilisation of Late Bronze Age and…
The Glory of Byzantium and Early Christendom Antony Eastmond Phaidon Press, £59.95 ISBN 978-0714848105 Spanning the 4th-15th centuries, from the late Roman…
In the land of the minotaur Early summer, before the start of the school holidays, is the ideal time to visit Knossos:…
Modern Italy has its problems, but it also has truly exceptional assets. Its new high-speed trains rate pretty highly on any list…
Rock Art and Seascapes in Uppland Johan Ling Oxbow Books, £20.00 ISBN 978-1842175132 Sweden boasts a stunning array of Early Bronze Age…
Excavations in Switzerland have revealed the first intact Neolithic burial chamber north of the Alps. The dolmen, at Oberbipp in the Canton…
Archaeological work ahead of the construction of warehouses at Buchères, near Troyes, France, has uncovered the graves of around 30 Gaulish warriors…
In 312 BC, Appius Claudius set out to build a road from Rome to the south of Italy. So began the extensive…
Rocky Cappadocia played a significant role in the history of Byzantium, yet little is known of this remote area. Eric Cooper explores…