How did Egypt build the pyramids? It is a question that has excited the imagination of scholars and visitors for millennia. Now…
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We have had a wonderful selection of entries for this year’s photo competition, with archaeological images that have taken us all around…
Türkiye is a land bursting with history, and the area surrounding the Harran plain in the southeast of the country, in particular,…
What can an extraordinary group of sculptures commemorating the dead reveal about ancient life in Palmyra? Thousands of ancient inhabitants’ portraits once…
Roughly 1,000 years ago, the finishing touches were being made to a rectangular length of fabric. At first glance, the textile resembles…
The archaeology of Rapa Nui is dominated by the Easter Island heads, but these were just one element of larger ceremonial complexes.…
A seemingly unassuming lump of corroded bronze has confounded investigators for more than a century, ever since it proved to contain precision…