When imagining the ancient city of Petra, it is the awe-inspiring façade of the monument known today as the Treasury (Al-Khazneh) that…
Structural damage to Alhambra is due to seismic activity…
Researchers use stronium in bones to distinguish between population groups…
Oldest known beads found in Africa show modern human behaviour…
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…
The Moundbuilders George R. Milner, Thames and Hudson, £28.00 If you go to America, and land on the East Coast, then cross…
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…
Research in to Pompeii's roads shows traffic jams are not new…
Current excavations and survey in the Roaring Creek valley in Belize bring to life an ancient Maya community…
Wall frescos reveal the social life of Pompeii…