When imagining the ancient city of Petra, it is the awe-inspiring façade of the monument known today as the Treasury (Al-Khazneh) that…
What is taboo? The current exhibition at the British Museum reveals all by looking at Art and Divinity in Polynesia, 1760-1860…
A sherd of superb pottery reveals evidence for Denmark's original colonial presence in Ghana…
Well-preserved 'noble fighter' discovered…
Pharaoh's suffering statue now re-erected at Giza…
Re-examination of artefacts from sites in central France reveal that Neanderthals were more like modern humans than previously thought…
Richard Hodges visits architect Richard Meier's new building that encloses the Ara Pacis, the monument to peace erected by Emperor Augustus…
Prof. Tim Darvill and Yvette Staelens of Bournemouth University send a missive from the Grotte de Niaux, a cave bursting with Palaeolithic…
In the way in which the National Museum Wales portrays Welsh identity, it stands out on the international scene as a beacon…
The cover says it all – or seems to. A gung-ho romp through the sandy wastes of the Arabian Empty Quarter in…
Anniversaries are always good for the reading public, as publishers issue sumptuous books which at other times are often uneconomic. It’s the…
This is a gripping read of conspiracies between dealers and major museums that have been going on for decades, but now –…
A rich feast of books crossed my desk this year. Unfortunately, I did not have the time to read most of them.…