The art and artefacts of ancient Egypt are still familiar around the world, but how much do we know about the people…
Nebra is proving to be a rich archaeological area with the breaking news of the discovery of a lord and his retainers…
Currently on exhibition at Oxford’s Ashmolean Museum is an example of what many art historians regard as the Romans’ most significant artistic…
Researchers suspect the corpse of Oetzi, the 5,000-year-old mummy frozen in the Italian Alps might have been contaminated by bacteria since its…
Fake prehistoric rock art of a caveman with a wire shopping trolley has been hung on the walls of the British Museum.…
In early June a glittering European Awards Ceremony was held in Bergen, Norway to celebrate the 2005 European Union Prize for Cultural…
Anthropological fieldwork with the Chagga in Kilimanjaro…
In a medieval, and indeed modern Rome, one building above all dominates the city: the Colosseum. Erected on a swamp in the…
Every time an archaeologist looks at non-élite everyday data, this is heralded as something special, unusual, praise-worthy, and in the case of…
Chaco Canyon is situated in what must be one of the most unpropitious landscapes in the world. Lying in the American South…
One cannot leave the story of KV5 without looking at some of the literature it has produced. First and foremost is Kent…