Why is Ramses II considered to be ‘the Great’? An exhibition focusing on his life and times sheds light on how Ramses…
The British Museum Concise Introduction to Ancient Greece Jenifer Neils British Museum Press, pb £14.99 The Ancient Greeks for Dummies Stephen Batchelor,…
When Arthur Evans started digging at Knossos on Crete in 1900, a major aim was to find inscriptions and prove that the…
An extended feature on Messene, the best preserved city in the southern Peloponnese…
In 1694, HMS Sussex was lost in the Straits of Gibraltar, buried deep beneath the sea…
The city of Zabid was a cultural and political centre of Medieval Yemen. The archaeologists can finally reveal the story of this…
Five lines of faded characters written in ink and divided by black lines on a scrap of pottery measuring 15 by 15cm…
Excavators at Herodium have reiterated their claim that have found king Herod's sarcophagus…
Fictional accounts may coincide with historical copper mines at Khirbat en-Nahas…
An Iron Age slab found in south-east Turkey conatains first known written mention of the soul…
The adoption of green beads used for jewllery coincides with the adoption of agriculture…
George Nash explores the rock-art of Malaysia and invites readers to join in…
Richard Hodges gets gourmand in Spello, Italy…