Dates of the Mycenean period pushed back 50 years
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Singapore
Gary Brown takes a look at the oft-ignored pre-colonial archaeology of Singapore
Kerala, India
Richard Hodges reports on Kerala. Otherwise known as God’s own country, it is fast becoming an eco-tourist destination
Ancient Olympics
The Ancient Olympics Nigel Spivey, OUP £16.99 In the Greek hoplite army, every citizen was expected to be a soldier; your national service lasted for life and thus it became your civic duty to keep fit. From this sprang the Greek obsession with the body beautiful. There was no point in having a beautiful mind […]
War at Troy
Recreating Homer’s Trojan War A Hollywood blockbuster starring Brad Pitt and a book by award-winning novelist Lindsay Clarke both attempt to bring Homer’s Trojan War to new popular audiences. How successful are they? The Movie The movie is visually spectacular. The computer-generated images – of the Greek fleet’s amphibious assault, of armies battling on the […]
Lot’s Monastery, Jordan
At Deir ‘ain ‘Abata in Jordan, the monastery of St Lot has been rediscovered and excavated
Mo’alla, Egypt
Re-excavation of the tombof Ankhtyfy, an Egyptian warlord in the First Intermediate Period, 2100 BC
South East Asia
Visiting Angkor Wat, Ayutthayan, Bangkok and a spectacular Bronze Age cemetary at Ban Non Wat
Okinawa, Japan
Excavation of a Samurai castle in Okinawa, the island 400 miles to the south of Japan
South African Rock Art
Jeffrey May tries to understand the rock art of South Africa
Nebra Sun Disc
Nebra Sun Disc discovered
Shell Beads from Blombos Cave, South Africa
Oldest known beads found in Africa show modern human behaviour
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