The art and artefacts of ancient Egypt are still familiar around the world, but how much do we know about the people…
In 1694, HMS Sussex was lost in the Straits of Gibraltar, buried deep beneath the sea…
An extended feature on Messene, the best preserved city in the southern Peloponnese…
The city of Zabid was a cultural and political centre of Medieval Yemen. The archaeologists can finally reveal the story of this…
Excavators at Herodium have reiterated their claim that have found king Herod's sarcophagus…
An Iron Age slab found in south-east Turkey conatains first known written mention of the soul…
Five lines of faded characters written in ink and divided by black lines on a scrap of pottery measuring 15 by 15cm…
Fictional accounts may coincide with historical copper mines at Khirbat en-Nahas…
The adoption of green beads used for jewllery coincides with the adoption of agriculture…
Richard Hodges gets gourmand in Spello, Italy…
Archaeological insights on the city of Lepcis Magna in Libya from specialist Philip Kenrick…
George Nash explores the rock-art of Malaysia and invites readers to join in…
‘The paintings handed down by my ancestors are perhaps the most important of the Jodhpur royal collections’, writes the present maharaja of…