When imagining the ancient city of Petra, it is the awe-inspiring façade of the monument known today as the Treasury (Al-Khazneh) that…
On the south coast of the Polynesian island of Rapa Nui (Easter Island), a dozen or more fallen statues (moai) lie slumped…
When hotel construction work unearthed extraordinary mosaics, the owners decided to create a new archaeological park. It showcases what is believed to…
The site of La Hoya in north-central Iberia was a thriving political, social, and economic centre in the Iron Age, but this…
What was it like for a barbarian to become Roman? In the book that I am writing in my retirement, or semi-retirement,…
Journeying south from the Serbian Danube presents an opportunity to revel in Roman opulence, as Oliver Gilkes reveals. The Danubian provinces of…
Italy is in lockdown as I write and it feels like Christmas Day, such is the silence. Yet the cuckoos have dodged…
Divers exploring the now-submerged caves of Quintana Roo in Mexico’s Yucatán Peninsula have uncovered evidence for red ochre mining between 12,000 and…
High on a hilltop near the village of Ploçe, Albania, lie the ruins of the ancient polis of Amantia. The city was…
Oliver Gilkes tours the Danube, in the first of a two-part exploration of Serbia’s archaeology. The mighty Danube runs for almost 2,000km…
Exploring a Founding Father’s mobile home Why was a 19th-century New York house relocated twice – and how was it done? Carly…
No matter how many years I have spent in the Mediterranean in wintertime, I cannot get it into my head that it…
As they walked across Engare Sero in northern Tanzania, a group of people left their mark in the soft surface of volcanic…