The conquests of Genghis Khan are traditionally associated with horrifying brutality, but this reputation has overshadowed another side to the empire that…
Earliest evidence for maize domestication found in Mexico…
Research on Chinese Neolithic sites aim to discover true date of rice domestication…
Animal bones used to analyse ancient diets…
Could the origins of agriculture be located in the well drained foothills of mountain chains rather than river valleys as previously thought?…
Second part of the Peru Special - the Moche Route of the Northern coast in more depth…
Richard Hodges obsesses over Medieval Comacchio, Italy…
David Turner tours Diriyah, Saudi Arabia…
There is a range of other must-see sites on the Northern coastal ‘Moche Route’ that date from before and after the Moche…
Images of the Universe from Antiquity to the Telescope…
The ruins of Great Zimbabwe extend over 720 hectares of rocky hill and valley in south-central Zimbabwe. Yet it's origins were often…
Current World Archaeology‘s dig – the Great Arab Revolt Project – is now in its third season. A team of specialists and…
Two hearths, three postholes, and a fragment from a nautical instrument: could this be the shelter of Alexander Selkirk, the original Robinson…