What can an extraordinary group of sculptures commemorating the dead reveal about ancient life in Palmyra? Thousands of ancient inhabitants’ portraits once graced lavish family tombs in cemeteries just beyond the desert city. Studying this artistry can reveal much about wealth, power, family, and…
Halfway between the Mediterranean and the Euphrates, the Syrian desert city of Palmyra was once known as the 'Venice of the sands' – a name which reflected not only the magnificence of its architecture but also its importance as a trading centre for the camel caravans which for many centuries carried the riches of East and West along this stretch of the Silk Road.…
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The oldest of the Mogao Caves temples that survive date from around AD 420. Among them is Cave 275, built during the Northern Laing period (AD 420-439).…
Over the last decade, 64 glaciers and ice patches in the Innlandet region have produced over 3,500 archaeological finds, from hunting tools…
Gillis Kersting explores an international exhibition presenting hundreds of Aztec objects on loan from Mexican and European museums, now on display in…
What is it? This cage cup, or vas diatretum, dates to the 4th century AD. The intricate, colourless glass bowl is 12.6cm…
Taylor Downing reviews a classic war movie.…
George MacKay (pictured) once again demonstrates he has the face of a wartime hero in this new adaptation of the bestselling book…
Exhibitions include 'Brothers in Arms' at the National Army Museum, and 'Nelson, Navy, Nation' at the National Maritime Museum.…
All three of these aircraft originated with a 1940 requirement for a large assault glider in preparation for Operation Sealion, the projected…
REVIEWING THE BEST MILITARY HISTORY EXHIBITIONS
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James Kelly Morningstar describes the Philippine resistance to the Japanese occupation during WWII.…
Hitler’s Nazi Empire was in its death agony. Millions of Germans were desperate to escape the fast-advancing Red…
Fred Chiaventone analyses the role of artillery at the Battles of Formigny and Castillon – battles that…
Neil Faulkner argues that the supposed ‘supremacy’ of heavy horse on European battlefields in the Middle Ages is…
Marilyn Livingstone and Morgen Witzel reassess the famous victory of the Prince of Wales over the French during…
William Stroock analyses the decisive battle of the 1973 Yom Kippur War: a massive clash of Egyptian and…
Sam Allison and Jon Bradley offer a forensic reappraisal of General James Wolfe’s spectacular victory.…
The excavation of a Bronze Age roundhouse on Salisbury Plain has fed into a new reconstruction at Butser…
An intricate Roman mosaic depicting the triumph of the Greek warrior Achilles over Hector of Troy, recently unearthed…
For 20 years, Time Team was an archaeological household name – and, while the show came to an…
Controversy has recently flared over the location of the Battle of Hastings. In an exclusive Channel 4 special,…
Best of all, the cameras were rolling to capture the archaeologists’ euphoria as the geophysical plot emerged from…
Everybody knows the story of how Time Team started: one ex-teacher turned TV producer, a couple of quirky…
Cutting-edge analysis of 18th-century West African textiles collected by the abolitionist campaigner Thomas Clarkson has shed vivid light…
In 1995 the discovery of part of a Royal Navy warship hidden in the Wheelwrights’ Shop at The…
In response to the Black Lives Matter protests of June 2020, influential voices within the Anglican church…
Recent analysis of a 1st-century lead figurine at Wall Roman site in Staffordshire, depicting a man from sub-Saharan…
Dominic Green leads a tour travelling in the footsteps of the accomplished writer, scholar and soldier Patrick Leigh…
Olive trees thrive on poor soil where little else will grow, which means land that would otherwise be…
Crete lies in an earthquake zone. This has affected the island over the centuries, but how? Although never…
