When imagining the ancient city of Petra, it is the awe-inspiring façade of the monument known today as the Treasury (Al-Khazneh) that…
A rich feast of books crossed my desk this year. Unfortunately, I did not have the time to read most of them.…
A new exhibition in Hamburg, Germany is investigating one of the worlds most notorious women…
We look down upon 8m of stratigraphy at the caravanserai of Gor Khuttree in North Pakistan…
The archaeology of post-medieval fishing and trading sites along the coasts of Iceland…
Excavations at the Late Kushite city of Dangeil in Sudan reveal a temple of Amun, and a massive bread-making facility…
A medieval site of massive industry: the once-booming and cosmopolitan city of Raqqa, on the banks of the Euphrates, Syria…
A radar survey project in the Valley of the Kings may have revealed a new tomb…
Florentine scientists have developed a new tool to help preserve precious fresco paintings…
The undulating Great Wall of China is one of the world’s foremost historical sites. The mighty wall runs across the north of…
New research indicates that self-adornment seems to be an archaic human trait…
Richard Hodges writes from the island of Áno Koufoníssi where he spent time with Lord Renfrew…
Peter Watson and Cecili Todeschini Public Affairs Books £15.99 This is very much a Cowboys and Indians sort of book chronicling the…