The examination of two large cists reveals evidence of a massacre of the warriors of Pharos
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Mummy’s Virtual Unwrapping
Modern scanning techniques used to recreate image of Egyptian mummy
Treasures from Tuscany
The Royal Museum, Edinburgh features treasures from Tuscany
Naxos Recognised
On Friday 4 June 2004, The European Union and Europa Nostra – the pan-European federation for heritage -announced the winners of the European Union Prize for Cultural Heritage/Europa Nostra Awards 2003 at a European Awards Ceremony at the Allerheiligen Hofkirche in Munich. Europa Nostra’s President, HRH the Prince Consort of Denmark, and Mr Harald Hartung, […]
Cancer Research in Croatia
Archaeological evidence suggests the prevelance of cancers may have been significantly less in our ancestors
Assiros Toumbos
Dates of the Mycenean period pushed back 50 years
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
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