From myths of the Minotaur to Cycladic sculpture, the influence of the ancient world on Picasso is well known. But a less familiar part of the artist’s relationship with the distant past is his fruitful engagement with the art of ancient Iberia, as Cécile…
Britain pulled out the red carpet last weekend, as world leaders arrived in Cornwall for this year's G7 summit. It wasn't the first time in history that power and pleasure have been so mixed, however. Indeed, last week's gathering would have seemed strangely familar to the 6,000 Englishmen and women who 501 years earlier accompanied their king, Henry VIII, as he crossed the Channel to join his French counterpart, Francis I, at the lavish three-week summit-cum-carnival known as the Field for the Cloth of Gold.…
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For Historic England, Hadrian’s Wall has always been a site needing active research – many questions about the frontier remain unanswered, and only by the kind of refreshed understanding that research brings, and by addressing the interests and concerns of…
And pretty Samos, and the palace of Croesus at Sardis,What of Smyrna and Colophon – better or worse than their fame?Or are…
Many museums and galleries around the world have recently reopened with safety measures in place, including compulsory booking and limits on visitor…
The first volume of The Antiquities of Athens and Other Monuments of Greece (1762) had an impressive 500 subscribers, but its influence…
As museums and heritage sites reopen, we’re looking forward to visiting our favourite spots as soon as possible – but there are…
While these types of brooch first appeared in Britain shortly after the Roman conquest in AD 43, they clearly include aspects of…
The Roman emperor Nero has long been reviled as a notorious tyrant, prone to lavish and often murderous excesses, who headed…
Buried c.AD 900, the Galloway Hoard is thought to be Scotland’s earliest-known Viking Age hoard. In the years since its discovery in…
Urajiri is in the town of Minami Soma, impacted both by the tsunami and the meltdown, evacuated as it was in the…
Just decades after it was founded, ibn Tulun’s capital al-Qata’i‘ was razed to the ground. The Great…
A major exhibition delving into 5,000 years of art and design in Iran is set to open in…
After it was discovered hidden in a Roman temple with other works of art, a bronze statue of…
The Rosetta Stone was the key to unlocking the secrets of Egyptian hieroglyphs. The results of Jean-François Champollion’s…
Archaeological investigations just outside Salisbury have uncovered echoes of early Bronze Age activity, including the burial of an…
How were smaller posts were distinguished? What steps did the authorities take to ensure that orders, post, goods,…
The sculptures making up the Torlonia marbles provide a potent glimpse of life in ancient Rome. But…
Since 2013, the largest infrastructure project in modern Norwegian history has granted a team of more than 40…
Survey and excavation in a remote region of Mongolia are revealing a wealth of information about an extraordinary…
Patrick Mercer reports on a tough fighting regiment of the Napoleonic Wars, let down by dismal command in…
