Fresh excavations at Valkenburg are shedding surprising new light on a seemingly well-known site. Wouter Vos, Edwin Blom, Brecht Cornelisse, Jasper De Bruin, Jeroen Loopik, Arjan Ruiter, Adrie Tol, and Lourens Van der Feijst lay out the arguments for an unsuspected legionary…
Those with even a cursory knowledge of ancient history will recall that Julius Caesar made his first expedition to Britain in 55 BC. Others may also be aware that the process of Rome's permanent conquest of Britannia did not begin until 43 AD, during the reign of Emperor Claudius. What is more mysterious, however, is what happened to Rome's invasion plans in the almost 100 years between those two dates.…
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In 1906, local inhabitants were dismantling a structure at the site in Mexico’s Yucatán Peninsula for building materials when they uncovered a 13m- long wall emblazoned with brightly painted reliefs, thought to date to around AD 600-700.…
Perhaps Sussex’s most famous ‘site’ of all featured in CA 286, when the Time Team examined rival theories of the location of…
This ring is a significant discovery because it represents the earliest gold object from a clear and well-dated context discovered in this…
Current World Archaeology's Amy Brunskill visits a new exhibition at the V&A presenting 5,000 years of art and design in Iran.…
The designs of these outfits are based on two high-status graves, which contained some of the best-preserved Viking Age textiles in Denmark:…
Upper Palaeolithic flints, Eneolithic tombs, and remains of a Bronze Age semicircular hut, as well as a tomb with a Villanovan shield,…
MHM offers a glimpse into the best military history exhibitions and experiences available to the public in July 2021, including The Tank…
I headed for the battlefield monument to get my bearings – an obelisk erected in 1740 to mark the spot where Warwick…
Reviewing the best military history exhibitions, with Calum Henderson.…
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…
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…
The British authorities were preparing for a brutal underground war in the event of German invasion and occupation…
The Swiss army of the late Middle Ages ruthlessly used terrain to its advantage and had a…
John Sweetman analyses the relative failure of repeated Fleet Air Arm attacks on the German battleship Tirpitz.…
