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 […]
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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
Shell Beads from Blombos Cave, South Africa
Oldest known beads found in Africa show modern human behaviour
Alhambra Damaged by Earthquakes
Structural damage to Alhambra is due to seismic activity
First use of Fire
Forst evidence of controlled fire found
Strontium in bones
Researchers use stronium in bones to distinguish between population groups
Nebra Sun Disc
Nebra Sun Disc discovered
Granada, Spain
Richard Hodges looks at rescue archaeology in Spain, and is sceptical about UNESCO’s plans for Alhambra
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