Far below the Nullarbor Plain in Australia lies an extraordinary gallery of rock art. Exploration and research in Koonalda Cave has revealed…
The Buddhas of Bamiyan have revealed oil paints being used to decorate associated caves in the mid 7th century AD…
Archaeologists make a surprise find on the bed of the River Rhône…
Classic Maya ceramics are among the most intriguing and valuable sources to reconstruct Ancient Maya society and life. No books have survived…
The University Museum’s North American collections are justly famous and owe much of their existence to Louis Shotridge, a Tlingit elder from…
There is no shortage of books on Akhenaten, Tutankhamun and the Amarna period. However, many try to focus on some aspect of…
The Maya civilization of Mesoamerica encompassed the entirety of what are now the countries of Guatemala and Belize and large parts of…
Once a thriving Iron Age settlement, the city and its necropolis is now offering a wealth of evidence about the elusive Vaccaei…
Scott M Fitzpatrick takes us to one of the oldest-known cemeteries from the Pacific, at Palau, Micronesia…
Here Neil Faulkner presents a portrait of Hadrian from his new book Rome: empire of the eagles…
Latest finds from the Ryukyu islands, including a series of royal burials…
Finds of carved ivory have suggested the methods of boat building and artic hunting of prehistoric Eskimo people from the far east…
A study from science magazine has revealed that previously unknown Aztec symbols infact units of land holdings in pre-columbian Mexico…