The art and artefacts of ancient Egypt are still familiar around the world, but how much do we know about the people…
Forst evidence of controlled fire found…
Structural damage to Alhambra is due to seismic activity…
Nebra Sun Disc discovered…
Researchers use stronium in bones to distinguish between population groups…
Peking Man was one of the first 'men' to break out of Africa. He was discovered in the 1920s, but is only…
Richard Hodges looks at rescue archaeology in Spain, and is sceptical about UNESCO's plans for Alhambra…
Burial Customs in Ancient Egypt: Life in Death for Rich and Poor Wolfram Grajetzki, Gerald Duckworth & Co., £14.99 Wolfram Grajetzki’s comprehensive…
Amelia Peabody’s Egypt: a Compendium Ed. Elizabeth Peters, Constable & Robinson, £19.99 This is a book that is both charming and dangerous.…
In 1921, the Swedish geologist Gunnar Andersson and his palaeontological assistant Otto Zdansky, an Austrian, discovered some intriguing fossil bones in a…
The Moundbuilders George R. Milner, Thames and Hudson, £28.00 If you go to America, and land on the East Coast, then cross…
Map of the ancient town…
Investigating the devestating eruption of Mount Versuvius that snubbed out all life in Pompeii…