Deep underground, the ancient inhabitants of what is now China built remarkable houses and palaces. But these dwellings were not homes for the living. Instead, the dead would be laid there, not to rest, but to live out their afterlife in comfort. The objects…
Rubina Raja and Søren M Sindbæk on the archaeology of waste…
When COVID-19 reached New Zealand, all my plans to continue excavating and attend conferences ground to a halt. So I turned my attention to writing my memoir, Digging Deep: a journey into South-east Asia’s past. Having kept a diary since 1955, I was able to pinpoint to the day various…
It is less than a decade since scientists developed swift and efficient methods of extracting and analysing ancient DNA from human remains (for which Svante Pääbo was awarded the Nobel Prize for Physiology or Medicine in 2022) and yet scarcely a day goes by without some new breakthrough in our…
Nick Spenceley recalls one of the great works of military history.…
As he made his journey through the green steppe, Robert Byron (1905-1941) could see his destination 20 miles away:‘a small cream needle stood up against the blue of the mountains’, as he wrote in The Road to Oxiana, the account…
Looking for somewhere off the beaten track to explore in Greece? Martin Davies is our guide to the rich prehistoric heritage of…
A free and united Europe is the necessary premise to the strengthening of modern civilisation… The Ventotene Manifesto…
What is it? This small sherd of pottery, measuring 6cm wide and 8cm long, comes from the lower part of a Roman…
Reviewing the best Military History Exhibitions with Christopher Warner.…
With Marc DeSantis…
David Porter on military history's doomed inventions.…
TAYLOR DOWNING reviews the latest film releases.…
If you are looking for new ways to get stuck into history and heritage over the coming months, there are plenty of…
Among the many treasures recovered by archaeologists and antiquarian collectors from Egypt are papyrus copies of a remarkable…
A previously unsung facet of Malta’s rich maritime heritage has recently come under the spotlight. An armada of…
The first archaeological project ever mounted on São Tomé is examining a 16th-century sugar mill. Results are shedding…
Graham Goodlad describes the capture of two key frontier fortresses, whose fall opened Spain to the advance of…
Graham Goodlad examines the relationship that broke the Royalist cause in the English Revolution.…
In the first part of a new series on deception in World War II, Taylor Downing tells the…
The Knights Templar were renowned for their extraordinary feats of bravery in defence of the …
A groundbreaking new exhibition draws on collections around the world to tell the complex and emotionally charged…
The Germanic warlord who led the massacre of three Roman legions in the Teutoburg Forest would later provide…
A recent survey project has analysed almost 10,000 aerial photographs as well as LiDAR imagery to explore archaeological…
Ballynahatty, in County Down, Northern Ireland, is an astonishing site that deserves to be far better known for…
How did the construction of Hadrian’s Wall affect the communities living in its shadow? In CA 277,…
Excavations at Conington, Cambridgeshire, uncovered the remains of a young woman who, unusually, had been laid face-down in…
Lloyd Llewellyn-Jones continues his new series on the later Ptolemaic queens, focusing on the tangled family relationships of…
Roger Forshaw investigates this intriguing institution and its role in ancient Egyptian society.…
Continuing his series of articles about individuals who influenced events in Egypt during their lifetimes, Wolfram Grajetzki now…
Ancient Egyptians used honey in cooking, especially to sweeten dishes in the absence of sugar, and in medicine,…
Mirrors, as we know them, did not exist in ancient Egypt, so what did the elite use…
Historical records attest that the present parish church at Saline in West Fife had a medieval predecessor, but…
When, in 1988, the National Trust for Jersey purchased a semi-derelict farmstead called Hamptonne, a detailed archaeological investigation…
