Past masters

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…

Analysing ancestry and ancient agriculture

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…

The House of the Harpist

A remarkable group of luxurious wall paintings has been discovered at a rich Roman residence called the House of the Harpist in Arles, southern France. The house was discovered beneath an 18th-century glassworks factory in the Trinquetaille district, on the…

Winning the Civil War

Graham Goodlad examines the relationship that broke the Royalist cause in the English Revolution.…

House of Life

Roger Forshaw investigates this intriguing institution and its role in ancient Egyptian society.…

The High Steward Amenhotep

Continuing his series of articles about individuals who influenced events in Egypt during their lifetimes, Wolfram Grajetzki now…