When imagining the ancient city of Petra, it is the awe-inspiring façade of the monument known today as the Treasury (Al-Khazneh) that…
Researchers reveal Taung Child was killed by an eagle…
Ancient Aboriginal rock carving destroyed in malicous attack…
Scientific study reveals the invention of agriculture led to significant population increase…
Biological and artistic evidence suggests that dwarfs held a privilaged position in Ancient Egyptian society…
Nero's palace has been forced to close after rain in December 2005 threatened to bring down part of the building…
Richard Hodges reports from the American mid-west…
Chief Archaeological Advisor to English Heritage, David Miles explores the city of Pecs…
Egypt – How a lost civilisation was rediscovered. Joyce Tyldesley BBC Books, £17.99 In 1400 BC, the three pyramids at Giza, were…
In the 1870s, the German grocer Heinrich Schliemann decided to devote the wealth he had accumulated in grocery to go and dig…
To the east of the small town of Madaba in Jordan – famed for its 6th century AD Mosaic Map, the earliest…
Hugh Elton takes a look at some of the key sites investigated by his research project in Turkey…
Digging Calima and its surrounding area, a bountiful corner of Colombia rich with pre-conquest treasures…