Why is Ramses II considered to be ‘the Great’? An exhibition focusing on his life and times sheds light on how Ramses…
Florentine scientists have developed a new tool to help preserve precious fresco paintings…
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…
Only a couple of months ago CWA published Dominic Perring’s optimistic feature on Beirut’s archaeology. It was about the 12 year programme of…
Determining age at death is one of the first assessments made of a human skeleton. In juveniles, this is straightforward: the body…
One of the original 12 sites to be added to the World Heritage list, Lalibela is one of the most important pilgrimage…
Vladimir Karasev lifts the iron curtain from the archaeology of the Independent Republic of Uzbekistan and reports on the archaeology of Tashkent…
A report on the new BM exhibition space…
The excavations at a fashionable Old Kingdom cemetery lying just behind the step pyramid of Zoser, Saqqara, Egypt…
The many and diverse records of the Tutankhamun tomb excavation are brought into the 21st century…
Ancient figs found in Jordan may prove to be some the earliest evidence of agriculture in the world…
DNA tests on bones of early Neolithic farmers from the Czech Republic suggests they were native to central Europe and not migrants…