The traditional story of the foundation of Falerii Novi is a dramatic one. This town lies in the Tiber valley, about 44km…
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…
Clusters of massive stone jars in Laos have inspired considerable curiosity. Little is known about the people who fashioned them, while even…
It is one of the delights of visiting new places that you sometimes find an entirely unexpected archaeological site, which gives you…
It is a country of enchantment which poets have staked out and which they alone may lay claim to. It is nearest…
Archaeologists with the Egyptian-Italian Mission at West Aswan have digitally restored fragments of a very fragile painted leopard’s head from a 2nd…
Portugal’s Côa Valley contains Europe’s greatest collection of open-air Ice Age images. Across 17km, there are currently more than 530 known panels…
Excavating remarkable Inca rituals After the Acari Valley was absorbed by the Inca Empire, Tambo Viejo was founded to oversee its inhabitants.…
Investigating an isolated Neolithic tomb in Andalucía has revealed a new dimension to its rock art. What can this tell us about…
Now housed in the Prince’s Palace in Copenhagen, the National Museum of Denmark has one of the oldest established collections of prehistoric…
Zeugma – now a name to conjure with. Site of a bridge across the Euphrates, connecting the Mediterranean to Persia and, by…
As CWA reaches a milestone, we sifted through our back issues in search of the most exciting discoveries about our shared past.…