The traditional story of the foundation of Falerii Novi is a dramatic one. This town lies in the Tiber valley, about 44km…
Nebra is proving to be a rich archaeological area with the breaking news of the discovery of a lord and his retainers…
Researchers suspect the corpse of Oetzi, the 5,000-year-old mummy frozen in the Italian Alps might have been contaminated by bacteria since its…
As the summer sets in, how about exchanging your luxury hotel for a cave house, or swapping days spent lying on the…
In early June a glittering European Awards Ceremony was held in Bergen, Norway to celebrate the 2005 European Union Prize for Cultural…
A project to reconstruct a 5000 BC henge monument, interpreted as a solar observatory, the oldest of its kind in Europe, has…
University College London’s Petrie Museum of Egyptian Archaeology has won the Classic Award at the Museum & Heritage Awards for Excellence 2005,…
Currently on exhibition at Oxford’s Ashmolean Museum is an example of what many art historians regard as the Romans’ most significant artistic…
Fake prehistoric rock art of a caveman with a wire shopping trolley has been hung on the walls of the British Museum.…
In early June a glittering European Awards Ceremony was held in Bergen, Norway to celebrate the 2005 European Union Prize for Cultural…
Richard Hodges on the archaeology of Macedonia, formerly part of Yugoslavia…
In a medieval, and indeed modern Rome, one building above all dominates the city: the Colosseum. Erected on a swamp in the…
Richard Hodges interviews Muzafer Korkuti, Director of Albania's Institute of Archaeology…