The traditional story of the foundation of Falerii Novi is a dramatic one. This town lies in the Tiber valley, about 44km…
A rich feast of books crossed my desk this year. Unfortunately, I did not have the time to read most of them.…
The most familiar image in the gallery of the mind’s eye is how Carola Hicks describes The Bayeux Tapestry in her book,…
The cover says it all – or seems to. A gung-ho romp through the sandy wastes of the Arabian Empty Quarter in…
A new exhibition in Hamburg, Germany is investigating one of the worlds most notorious women…
A medieval site of massive industry: the once-booming and cosmopolitan city of Raqqa, on the banks of the Euphrates, Syria…
The archaeology of post-medieval fishing and trading sites along the coasts of Iceland…
We look down upon 8m of stratigraphy at the caravanserai of Gor Khuttree in North Pakistan…
Excavations at the Late Kushite city of Dangeil in Sudan reveal a temple of Amun, and a massive bread-making facility…
New research indicates that self-adornment seems to be an archaic human trait…
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…