The art and artefacts of ancient Egypt are still familiar around the world, but how much do we know about the people…
3,000 golden grave goods in Early Chalcolithic Bulgaria…
Tom St John Gray goes in search of the Great Wall of China and the Forbidden City. With limited Chinese, I boarded…
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…
A tiny skeleton dating back 55 million years is the oldest primate fossil ever found, shedding new light on human evolution, researchers…
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…
Ceramics of the Ancestors Central America’s ancient past at the Smithsonian Institution By 1500 BC, the inhabitants of Central America had settled in…
Horemheb: The Forgotten Pharaoh Charlotte Booth Amberley, £9.99 ISBN 978-1445610184 Coming to the throne shortly after Akhenaten and Tutankhamun, Horemheb is…
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…